3.6% ▲ +30.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Colonel Light Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Colonel Light Gardens
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Colonel Light Gardens than in the state or national average. This active workforce is anchored by a high number of professionals and managers. The area maintains a strong employment profile, with a typical resident more likely to be in the labour force than those in other similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 72.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the South Australian figure of 60.0%. While the unemployment rate is a little below the national figure at 3.6%, full-time employment sits at 56.7%, roughly the same as the state average.
72.4% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.8%
- 2016: 71.3%
- 2021: 72.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.7% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.3%
- 2016: 55.9%
- 2021: 56.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 17.3%. Other significant sectors include education and training at 12.6%, and professional and technical services at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 33.9%, followed by managers at 17.3%. Clerical and administrative roles account for 12.4% 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 Colonel Light Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40286/colonel-light-gardens/topic/employment