4.7% ▼ -22.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Findon · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Findon
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Findon sits around the middle for its level when it comes to employment patterns. The area has a strong workforce, with 63.1% of adults working or looking for work, which is well above the South Australian figure of 60%. While unemployment is higher than in most similar areas, it remains around 4.7%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 56.7% of the workforce is employed full-time, which is roughly the same as the state average. This helps explain why 63.1% of adults are active in the labour market, a figure that is a little above the national rate of 61.1%.
63.1% ▲ +24.9%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.5%
- 2016: 57.8%
- 2021: 63.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.7% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.4%
- 2016: 58.5%
- 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 here, employing 17.8% of residents. Other major employers include retail trade at 10.6% and construction at 8.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 20.6%. This is followed by clerical and administrative work at 14.6% and community and personal service roles at 14.2%.
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 Findon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40436/findon/topic/employment