23.5% ▲ +64.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 41.9%
- 2021: 23.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Copley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Copley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high unemployment rate of 23.5% marks the job market in Copley, where far fewer adults are in the workforce than in other similar areas. This struggle is reflected in the low number of people working or looking for work compared to both state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 51.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the South Australian figure of 60%. This low participation is paired with an unemployment rate of 23.5%, which is far above the national figure of 5.1%.
51.5% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.5%
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 51.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries people work in is Accommodation & food at 47%, ahead of Transport & warehousing (18%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common occupations people work in is Managers at 41%, ahead of Technicians & trades (18%).
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 Copley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40311/copley/topic/employment