0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lower Light · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lower Light
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A tiny unemployment rate of 0% makes Lower Light a place where almost every resident who wants a job has one. While fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to the state, those who are employed are much more likely to be in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is common here, with 61.6% of the workforce in these roles, well above the South Australian figure of 57.2%. However, the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is 53.8%, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%.
53.8% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.3%
- 2016: 56.9%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.6% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.6%
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 61.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry, employing 40.7% of the workforce. Construction is the next most common sector at 14.0%, followed by transport and warehousing at 7.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 30.2%. Clerical and administrative roles follow at 17.4%, while labourers and machinery operators account for 14.0% and 11.6% of jobs respectively.
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 Lower Light [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40787/lower-light/topic/employment