6.1% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 6.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Oaklands Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Oaklands Park
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher unemployment rate of 6.1% than most areas shapes the working life of Oaklands Park. While a quarter of the workforce are professionals, fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 55.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the South Australian figure of 60.0%. Full-time employment is also a little below the national average at 56.0%.
55.4% ▲ +9.8%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.5%
- 2016: 50.9%
- 2021: 55.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.0% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.9%
- 2016: 57.6%
- 2021: 56.0%
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 20.5%, followed by education and training at 10.3% and retail trade at 9.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common at 25.2%, while 17.3% of the local workforce are employed in community and personal service 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 Oaklands Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41067/oaklands-park/topic/employment