3.0% ▼ -46.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Loxton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Loxton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 54.2% of adults in Loxton are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure. While the local unemployment rate is a low 3.0%, a small proportion of the adult population is active in the workforce compared to similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is well below the South Australian figure. However, those who are employed are mostly in full-time roles, with 57.5% of the population working full-time.
54.2% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.8%
- 2016: 54.3%
- 2021: 54.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.5% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.8%
- 2016: 59.0%
- 2021: 57.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is split almost evenly between health care and social assistance at 15.8% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 15.7%. Other main industries include education and training (9.8%) and retail trade (9.3%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common occupation at 16.5%, followed by professionals at 15.1% and managers at 14.7%. Technicians and trades workers make up 13.6% of the local 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 Loxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40789/loxton/topic/employment