4.0% ▲ +21.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Heathfield · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Heathfield
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 workers in Heathfield, where 16.4% of people are employed in these roles. While 62.5% of adults are working or looking for work, a lower proportion of the local workforce is employed full-time compared to state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the national figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment at 53.5% is well below both South Australia and Australia, while the unemployment rate of 4.0% is a little below the national average.
62.5% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.3%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 62.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.5% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.5%
- 2016: 59.4%
- 2021: 53.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The main industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 16.4%, and education and training at 13.9%. Other common fields include professional and technical services (10.5%) and construction (9.8%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest occupational group at 32.6%, followed by managers at 16.8%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 10.9% and technicians and tradespeople at 10.0%.
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 Heathfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40580/heathfield/topic/employment