4.2% ▼ -30.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Goodwood · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Goodwood
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults in Goodwood are working or looking for work than in most similar areas. This strong activity is seen in the 68.4% of adults in the workforce, which is well above both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 68.4% of adults are working or looking for work, the unemployment rate is 4.2%, which is a little below the South Australian figure. Full-time employment sits at 59.2%, about the same as the national rate.
68.4% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.2%
- 2016: 64.0%
- 2021: 68.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.2% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.4%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 59.2%
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 17.2%, followed by education and training at 12.6% and professional and technical services at 12.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is largely white-collar, with professionals making up 40.1% of jobs and managers accounting for 17.8%.
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 Goodwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40520/goodwood/topic/employment