4.1% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Burra · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Burra
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Burra compared to most similar areas. Only 49% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below both the state and national figures. Despite this, the unemployment rate is 4.1%, sitting slightly below the South Australian average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 51.4%. This contributes to the low overall proportion of adults working or looking for work, which sits at 49.0%—far below South Australia's 60.0%.
49.0% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.4%
- 2016: 48.6%
- 2021: 49.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.4% ▼ -13.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 50.9%
- 2021: 51.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry at 15.7%. Other main employers include retail trade at 9.8%, accommodation and food at 9.5%, and health care and social assistance at 8.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 18.9%, followed by labourers at 17.0% and technicians and trades at 15.9%. Community and personal service workers make up 10.7% 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 Burra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40193/burra/topic/employment