8.1% ▲ +43.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 8.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Osborne · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Osborne
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Osborne, with 15.6% of workers in this field. While full-time work is much more common here than in the rest of the country, the area also faces a significantly higher unemployment rate than most other places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is high at 62.3%, which is well above the national figure of 58.9%. However, the unemployment rate is 8.1%, a little above the South Australian figure and much higher than most similar areas.
58.3% ▲ +11.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.3%
- 2016: 52.8%
- 2021: 58.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.3% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.7%
- 2016: 60.7%
- 2021: 62.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health services, the local workforce is spread across manufacturing (9.4%), retail trade (8.8%), construction (8.5%), and transport and warehousing (8.1%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are technicians and trades workers at 17.7%, followed closely by clerical and administrative staff at 17.2% and professionals at 14.9%.
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 Osborne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41080/osborne/topic/employment