6.6% ▼ -26.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 6.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Northern Heights · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Northern Heights
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Northern Heights compared to the rest of the state. While 58.6% of those employed work full-time, the local unemployment rate of 6.6% is much higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 53.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the South Australian figure of 60%. This comes alongside an unemployment rate of 6.6%, which is a little above both the state and national figures.
53.5% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 53.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.6% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.1%
- 2016: 59.1%
- 2021: 58.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade is the most common industry here, employing 17.3% of the workforce, followed by health care and social assistance at 14.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are labourers at 18.8% and technicians or tradespeople at 18.0%, with 15% of residents working in community and personal services.
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 Northern Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41049/northern-heights/topic/employment