4.5% ▼ -76.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Moorook South · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Moorook South
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Managers make up 27.9% of the workforce in Moorook South, the largest occupational group in the area. While nearly 65% of the workforce is employed full-time—well above the national figure of 58.9%—fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 47.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the South Australian figure of 60%. However, those who are employed are much more likely to have full-time roles than people in most other areas.
47.2% ▼ -22.9%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.2%
- 2016: 50.7%
- 2021: 47.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.7% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.5%
- 2016: 51.3%
- 2021: 64.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work is split evenly between agriculture, forestry and fishing and manufacturing, with both sectors employing 23.5% of the workforce. Health care and social assistance is the next biggest industry at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond managers, machinery operators and drivers (19.1%) and labourers (17.6%) are common roles. Technicians and trades people make up another 11.8% 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 Moorook South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40920/moorook-south/topic/employment