6.5% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 6.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mannum · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of over 20 percentage points separates Mannum from the national figure for adults working or looking for work. Only 40.3% of adults are in the workforce, which is far below both the state and national levels. This lack of employment is reflected in a high unemployment rate of 6.5%.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is uncommon here, with only 48.8% of the population employed full-time, a figure far below the Australian average of 58.9%. The local unemployment rate of 6.5% is a little above the South Australian figure of 5.4%.
6.5% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
40.3% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.8% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 16.6%, followed by retail trade at 10.8% and construction at 10.1%. Other notable sectors include agriculture, forestry and fishing at 7.5% and accommodation and food at 7.0%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 17.0%, closely followed by community and personal service workers at 16.5% and labourers at 16.3%. Managers and professionals account for 12.8% and 9.7% of the workforce respectively.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Mannum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40820/mannum/topic/employment