4.6% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Myrtle Bank · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Myrtle Bank
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults in Myrtle Bank are working or looking for work compared to previous years. Only 46.8% of adults are active in the labour force, which is far below the South Australian and national figures. This creates a workforce where a small but specialised group of people hold most of the local jobs.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the Australian average, and the unemployment rate of 4.6% is higher than in most similar areas.
46.8% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.6%
- 2016: 48.6%
- 2021: 46.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.9% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.1%
- 2016: 55.0%
- 2021: 54.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 20.3%, followed by professional and technical services at 14.1%. Other common industries include education and training at 11.6% and retail trade at 7.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is dominated by professionals, who make up 40.7% of jobs. Managers account for another 17.5%, while clerical and administrative roles make up 10.4% of the occupations here.
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 Myrtle Bank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40999/myrtle-bank/topic/employment