8.6% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Marble Hill · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high percentage of adults in Marble Hill are working or looking for work, though finding a job is harder here than in other areas. While 70% of adults are in the labour force, the unemployment rate is 8.6%, which is well above the national figure of 5.1%.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Far more adults are working or looking for work here than in most similar areas. However, full-time employment is well below the South Australian figure, with only 53.1% of the population in full-time roles.
8.6% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
70.0% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.1% —
Lower than 74% 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 main employer for the area, accounting for 40.6% of jobs. Professional and technical services make up another 15.6%, while 9.4% of people work in agriculture, forestry and fishing.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 28.1%, followed by clerical and administrative work at 25%. Technicians, trades, and community and personal service workers each make up 12.5% of the workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Marble Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40826/marble-hill/topic/employment