6.6% ▼ -21.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Parndana · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Parndana
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Job patterns in Parndana have shifted over the last decade, with a workforce that now struggles more than most with unemployment. While 61.8% of adults are working or looking for work, the area faces a higher unemployment rate of 6.6% compared to the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A little more than 61% of adults are in the workforce, which is about the same as the national figure. However, full-time employment is well below both state and national levels at 53.0%, and the unemployment rate is a little above the South Australian figure of 5.4%.
61.8% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.1%
- 2016: 63.1%
- 2021: 61.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.0% ▲ +40.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 44.2%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Parndana is heavily concentrated in a few sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing making up 25.8% of jobs. Construction is also common at 19.7%, followed by accommodation and food services at 15.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 25.8%. Other common roles include labourers at 13.6% and community and personal service workers at 12.1%.
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 Parndana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41116/parndana/topic/employment