0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Long Flat · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A zero per cent unemployment rate makes Long Flat a place where almost everyone who wants a job has one. Most residents work full-time, with a workforce that is more active than those in the rest of South Australia.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 63.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the state figure of 60%. This is mirrored by a high rate of full-time employment at 62.5%, well above the national average of 58.9%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
63.7% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.5% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in the area is spread across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing and retail trade both accounting for 14.3% of jobs. Construction also makes up a large slice at 12.5%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common workers at 30.4%, followed by professionals at 16.1%. Technicians and trades people make up 14.3% of the local workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Long Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40776/long-flat/topic/employment