3.3% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lockleys · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lockleys
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment patterns in Lockleys have remained steady over the last decade, with a workforce that mirrors national trends. About 62.4% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure slightly higher than the state and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate here is 3.3%, which is a little below both the South Australian figure of 5.4% and the national rate of 5.1%. Full-time work accounts for 58.9% of the workforce, about the same as the Australian average.
62.4% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 62.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.9% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.6%
- 2016: 58.6%
- 2021: 58.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 15.7%, followed by retail trade at 10.5% and education and training at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 27.4%, while managers and clerical or administrative staff each account for 16.5% of the workforce.
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 Lockleys [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40775/lockleys/topic/employment