6.9% ▼ -18.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 6.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pennington · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Pennington
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the top employer in Pennington, where 16.4% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The local job market is currently struggling, with an unemployment rate of 6.9% that is much higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work here than in most areas, at 54.4%, which is well below the South Australian figure of 60.0%. This is alongside a local unemployment rate of 6.9%, which is a little above both the state and national figures.
54.4% ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.9%
- 2016: 51.3%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.5% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 59.0%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the main industries for local workers are retail trade at 9.3%, manufacturing at 9.2%, accommodation and food at 8.4%, and construction at 8.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 18.0%, followed by community and personal service workers at 14.5% and technicians and trades at 14.2%.
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 Pennington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41136/pennington/topic/employment