0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Furner · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Furner
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more people work full-time in Furner than in most similar areas, with 67.6% of the workforce in full-time roles. This is a small but stable job market where unemployment is effectively non-existent at 0.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 59.7% of adults are working or looking for work—similar to the South Australian figure—those who are employed are overwhelmingly in full-time positions. This rate is 10 percentage points higher than the state average.
59.7% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 67.6%
- 2021: 59.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.6% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 62.0%
- 2021: 67.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 62.0% of the workforce. Other sectors are much smaller, with public administration and health care each accounting for 5.6% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 40.8%, followed by labourers at 18.3%. Professionals and community service workers each represent 7.0% 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 Furner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40470/furner/topic/employment