3.5% ▼ -33.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Clarendon · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Clarendon
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Clarendon than across the state. This active workforce sees 69.3% of adults engaged in the labour market, which is well above the South Australian figure of 60%. Most of these roles are in professional or managerial positions.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 69.3% of adults are in the workforce, the unemployment rate is 3.5%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%. Full-time employment sits at 56.3%, a little below the Australian average.
69.3% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.6%
- 2016: 69.3%
- 2021: 69.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.3% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.9%
- 2016: 58.0%
- 2021: 56.3%
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 14.5%, followed by construction at 12.6% and education and training at 12%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common at 24.6%, with managers making up 16.9% of the local workforce. Technicians and trades account for 14.5% of jobs.
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 Clarendon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40262/clarendon/topic/employment