3.8% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Malvern · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Malvern
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly 40% of the workforce in Malvern are professionals, marking this as a highly skilled area. This professional focus is mirrored in the local industry mix, where health and technical services are the dominant employers. Overall, the suburb maintains a strong employment rate that sits above both state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 63% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the South Australian figure of 60%. While the typical full-time employment rate of 56.8% is about the same as the state, the unemployment rate of 3.8% is a little lower than the national figure.
63.0% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.0%
- 2016: 60.7%
- 2021: 63.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.8% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.2%
- 2016: 56.2%
- 2021: 56.8%
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 18.4%, followed by professional and technical services at 13.5%. Retail trade accounts for 9% of the local workforce, while education and training make up 8.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals and managers make up the bulk of the workforce, accounting for 39.2% and 20.1% of roles respectively. The remaining jobs are spread across clerical and administrative work (11.1%), community and personal services (8.9%), and sales (8.6%).
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 Malvern [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40814/malvern/topic/employment