9.1% ▲ +26.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 9.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gawler · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Gawler
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Gawler, where 14.9% of workers are in this field. While full-time work is common, the area faces a significant challenge with a much higher unemployment rate than most other regions.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 46.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the South Australian figure of 60%. This coincides with an unemployment rate of 9.1%, well above both the state and national figures.
46.7% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.3%
- 2016: 40.7%
- 2021: 46.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.6% ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.1%
- 2016: 53.8%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the top industry at 14.9%, followed by education and training at 9.2% and construction at 8.4%. Other common sectors include public administration and safety, and retail trade.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 21.4%. Clerical and administrative roles follow at 14.1%, with labourers, technicians, and trades workers also representing significant shares 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 Gawler [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40474/gawler/topic/employment