4.7% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Flinders Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Flinders Park
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Flinders Park than in the rest of the state. This active workforce is reflected in the 65.7% who are in the labour force, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 65.7% of adults are working or looking for work, the unemployment rate is 4.7%, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Full-time employment sits at 58%, nearly identical to the South Australian average.
65.7% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 61.2%
- 2021: 65.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.0% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.3%
- 2016: 57.4%
- 2021: 58.0%
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 15.2%, followed by retail trade at 10.7% and education and training at 9.5%. Construction and professional services also employ significant numbers of residents.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 23.7%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative work at 15.7% and technicians and trades at 13.5%.
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 Flinders Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40448/flinders-park/topic/employment