8.0% ▲ +49.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 8.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Penfield · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Penfield
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A very small share of adults in Penfield are working or looking for work, at just 22%. This makes it a place where few people are employed compared to the rest of the state, with a typical unemployment rate of 8% which is a little above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 22% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the South Australian average of 60%. Full-time employment is also well below the national figure, sitting at 52.6%.
22.0% ▼ -33.9%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 49.3%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.6% ▼ -24.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.4%
- 2016: 65.4%
- 2021: 52.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing being the most common at 16.7%, followed by health care and social assistance at 14.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 28.2%, while labourers account for 17.9% and technicians and trades workers make up 15.4% of the workforce.
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 Penfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41133/penfield/topic/employment