4.3% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Burdett · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Burdett
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Burdett compared to the rest of the country. Only 51.4% of adults are in the workforce, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This sparse workforce is largely driven by a strong presence in agriculture and management roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just over half of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below South Australia's 60%. Full-time employment sits at 56.5%, which is about the same as the state average, while the unemployment rate is 4.3%.
51.4% ▲ +33.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 58.1%
- 2021: 51.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.5% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 66.2%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 25.9% of the workforce. Other common sectors include health care and social assistance at 12.9% and retail trade at 8.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managerial roles are very common in Burdett, accounting for 35.3% of occupations. Labourers make up 14.1%, while technicians, trades, community services and machinery operators each represent 8.2% of the workforce.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Burdett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40190/burdett/topic/employment