0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pages Flat · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people work full-time in Pages Flat than in most similar areas. While the unemployment rate is remarkably low at 0%, a smaller proportion of the adult population is working or looking for work compared to state and national figures.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 58.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is well below the South Australian average, with only 50.0% of residents in these roles.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
58.8% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.0% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with equal shares of people working in construction, retail trade, and health care and social assistance at 10.0% each.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Management and professional roles are common here, making up 22.5% and 21.3% of occupations respectively. Technicians and trades follow at 12.5%, while labourers account for 11.3% of the workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Pages Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41088/pages-flat/topic/employment