5.2% ▼ -26.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 5.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cape Jervis · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cape Jervis
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Over one-fifth of workers in Cape Jervis are employed in accommodation and food services, the area's most common industry. This coastal spot has a much smaller proportion of people working or looking for work than the national figure, with only 39% of adults in the labour force.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 39% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the 61.1% national figure. Full-time employment is also far below the Australian average, sitting at 46.8%.
39.0% ▼ -18.4%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.8%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.8% ▲ +19.2%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.2%
- 2016: 47.0%
- 2021: 46.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is led by accommodation and food services at 20.2%, followed by transport and warehousing at 15.6% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 11.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common occupation at 24.8%, while managers, technicians and trades, and community and personal service workers each make up 12.8% 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 Cape Jervis [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40221/cape-jervis/topic/employment