4.1% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Highbury · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Highbury
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high rate of employment defines Highbury, where 66.1% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well above both the South Australian and national figures. The local workforce is active and stable, with an unemployment rate of 4.1% that sits a little below the state and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 66.1% of adults are in the labour force, which is much higher than most similar areas. Full-time employment stands at 57%, a figure that is about the same as the South Australian average.
66.1% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.8%
- 2016: 65.7%
- 2021: 66.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.0% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.4%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 57.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is most active in health care and social assistance, which employs 15.4% of people. Other common industries include education and training at 11.4% and construction at 9.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 25.8%. This is followed by clerical and administrative work at 15.9% and managers at 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 Highbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40587/highbury/topic/employment