0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Carpenter Rocks · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Carpenter Rocks
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of people are employed full-time in Carpenter Rocks compared to the rest of the state. Only 53.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure. Despite this, the area has a striking unemployment rate of 0.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is lower than most areas at 53.3%. Full-time employment is also far below the South Australian figure, sitting at 42.9%.
53.3% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.2%
- 2016: 41.9%
- 2021: 53.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
42.9% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.4%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main industry here, employing 35.7% of the workforce. Other common sectors include accommodation and food services at 14.3%, and retail trade at 9.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 26.2%, followed by machinery operators and drivers at 21.4%. Managers and professionals also make up a significant part of the local 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 Carpenter Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40228/carpenter-rocks/topic/employment