3.9% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Crescent · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Crescent
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people are working or looking for work in Crescent than in most similar areas. While the unemployment rate of 3.9% is a little below the South Australian figure, only 57.2% of adults are in the labour force.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment stands at 54.6%, which is lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 58.9%. This contributes to the overall workforce rate being a little below the state average.
57.2% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 67.5%
- 2021: 57.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.6% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 60.2%
- 2021: 54.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the main employer at 18.6%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing and construction, which each account for 13.4% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are technicians and trades at 21.6%, with labourers making up 14.4% 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 Crescent [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40326/crescent/topic/employment