3.3% ▼ -62.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Myponga · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Myponga
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment patterns in Myponga have shifted over the last decade, though the area remains a place where more adults are active in the workforce than in most similar regions. While 65.9% of adults are working or looking for work, full-time employment is lower than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A high proportion of adults are working or looking for work, at 65.9%, which is well above the South Australian figure. The unemployment rate is 3.3%, a little below both the state and national figures.
65.9% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.1%
- 2016: 64.8%
- 2021: 65.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.4% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.4%
- 2016: 57.8%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry for local workers at 15.5%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.9% and construction at 13.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are for labourers at 17.3%, technicians and trades at 14.9%, and managers at 13.9%.
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 Myponga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40997/myponga/topic/employment