3.1% ▲ +29.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Laura · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Laura
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More than one in five workers in Laura are managers, marking this as the most common occupation in the area. While the unemployment rate is a little below the national figure at 3.1%, the overall number of adults working or looking for work is well below the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 52.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the South Australian figure of 60.0%. Full-time employment is also a little below the national average, sitting at 56.0%.
52.9% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.0%
- 2016: 59.7%
- 2021: 52.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.0% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.7%
- 2016: 53.0%
- 2021: 56.0%
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 16.8%, followed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 15.5% and manufacturing at 12.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up 20.9% of the workforce, while professionals follow at 17.7%. Technicians and trades workers account for 15.5% of the local jobs.
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 Laura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40751/laura/topic/employment