4.4% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
McLaren Vale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in McLaren Vale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in McLaren Vale, where 12.7% of workers are in this field. The area has a smaller proportion of people working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state and country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 52.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below both the state and national figures. Full-time employment is also a little below the state average at 55.6%.
52.7% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.8%
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 52.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.6% ▼ -0.1%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.6%
- 2016: 54.2%
- 2021: 55.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the most common industries for workers are manufacturing at 11.7%, construction at 10.5%, and retail trade at 9.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals and managers make up the largest groups of workers, accounting for 18.3% and 18.1% of the local workforce 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 McLaren Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40852/mclaren-vale/topic/employment