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Point Pass · Suburb / Locality

Jobs & Industry in Point Pass

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Point Pass than in the rest of the country. Only 49.5% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This gap is matched by a very low rate of full-time employment.

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📍 Point Pass, Suburb / Locality

Where Point Pass sits — Unemployment rate

5.9% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Point Pass — higher than 76% of areas.

Point Pass5.9%
5374, SA 5.7%
South Australia 5.4%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Full-time work involves only 43.5% of adults, a figure far below the South Australian average. The unemployment rate is 5.9%, which is much higher than most similar areas.

Unemployment rate

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5.9% —

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).

Labour-force participation

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49.5% —

Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.

Employed full-time

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43.5% —

Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of employed people who worked full-time.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Local jobs are split evenly between education and health care, with both employing 19.6% of the workforce. Agriculture, forestry and fishing follow at 13%.

Industries people work in

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Point Pass splits fairly evenly between Education & training (23%) and Health care & social assistance (23%), with Agriculture, forestry & fishing at 15%.

Education & training 19.6% Health care & social assistance 19.6% Agriculture, forestry & fishing 13.0% Manufacturing 10.9% Construction 8.7% Retail trade 6.5% Transport & warehousing 6.5%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Community and personal service roles are the most common at 28.3%, followed by machinery operators and drivers at 23.9%.

Occupations people work in

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Point Pass splits fairly evenly between Community & personal service (25%) and Machinery operators & drivers (22%), with Professionals at 14%.

Community & personal service 28.3% Machinery operators & drivers 23.9% Professionals 15.2% Technicians & trades 10.9% Labourers 10.9% Clerical & administrative 8.7% Managers 6.5% Sales workers 6.5%

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 Point Pass [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41171/point-pass/topic/employment