6.1% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 6.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
North Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in North Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people are working or looking for work in North Beach compared to most similar areas. This is a place where only 47.6% of adults are in the labour force, a figure far below the South Australian and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 51.8%. While fewer people are working overall, the unemployment rate of 6.1% is much higher than in most similar areas.
47.6% ▼ -3.4%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.3%
- 2016: 44.8%
- 2021: 47.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.8% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.5%
- 2016: 65.1%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 17.5%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing and education and training, which both sit at 8.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.8%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 15.2% and managers at 14%.
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 North Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41039/north-beach/topic/employment