7.8% ▲ +22.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 7.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Burton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Burton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher proportion of adults in Burton are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state. While 63.1% of adults are in the labour force, the area also faces a much higher unemployment rate than most similar places, sitting at 7.8%. This is a little above both the South Australian and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.5% of the workforce are employed full-time, which is a little above the South Australian figure of 57.2% and about the same as the national average.
63.1% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.4%
- 2016: 64.0%
- 2021: 63.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.5% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.2%
- 2016: 61.7%
- 2021: 59.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is spread across several sectors, with the highest shares in health care and social assistance at 13.7%, manufacturing at 12.7%, and retail trade at 11.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 17.1%, followed by community and personal service workers at 13.8% and technicians and trades at 13.7%.
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 Burton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40196/burton/topic/employment