4.1% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Parkside · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Parkside
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professionals make up 40.9% of the workforce in Parkside, marking it as a highly skilled hub. This professional focus is reflected in the area's strong employment rates, with a much higher proportion of adults working or looking for work than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 68.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also a little above the South Australian average at 60.1%, while the unemployment rate is 4.1%.
68.4% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.9%
- 2016: 65.8%
- 2021: 68.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.1% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.5%
- 2016: 61.5%
- 2021: 60.1%
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 18.1%, followed by professional and technical services at 14.9%. Education and training also employ a significant 10.8% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond the high number of professionals, managers make up 15.9% of roles and clerical or administrative staff account for 12.1%. Community and personal service workers represent 9.7% of the area's occupations.
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 Parkside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41114/parkside/topic/employment