3.8% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Glenelg East · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Glenelg East
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for the 16.9% of workers in Glenelg East. This area has a very active workforce, with a much higher proportion of adults working or looking for work than the state or national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 66.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the South Australian figure of 60.0%. The unemployment rate is 3.8%, a little below both the state and national figures.
66.4% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.3%
- 2016: 66.8%
- 2021: 66.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.4% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.2%
- 2016: 59.8%
- 2021: 58.4%
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 16.9%, followed by professional and technical services at 10.0% and education and training at 9.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 28.1%, while managers make up 15.7% of the workforce. Clerical and administrative jobs account for another 13.8%.
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 Glenelg East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40506/glenelg-east/topic/employment