4.2% ▲ +31.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Burnside · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Burnside
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
High-paying professional roles shape the daily lives of people in Burnside, where nearly 40% of workers are professionals. It is a stable employment hub with an unemployment rate of 4.2%, which is a little below the South Australian figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.7% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure a little above the national average of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 56.5%, which is about the same as the state average.
62.7% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.4%
- 2016: 58.3%
- 2021: 62.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.5% ▼ -0.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.9%
- 2016: 56.8%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 19.3%, followed by professional and technical services at 15.6%. Education and training also employ a significant 10.8% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals and managers make up a huge portion of the local workforce, accounting for 39.6% and 18.7% of jobs respectively. Clerical and administrative roles are the next most common at 12%.
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 Burnside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40192/burnside/topic/employment