5.6% ▲ +20.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 5.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Oakden · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Oakden
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher unemployment rate than most similar areas marks the workforce in Oakden, where 5.6% of workers are without a job. While full-time work is common, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is well below both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 56.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the South Australian figure of 60.0%. Full-time employment sits at 59.3%, slightly above the state average.
56.5% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.8%
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.3% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.1%
- 2016: 62.0%
- 2021: 59.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers here at 17.9%, followed by public administration and safety at 10.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 26.2%, while 14.9% of the workforce ever hold clerical and administrative roles.
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 Oakden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41065/oakden/topic/employment