5.7% ▲ +73.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Point Turton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Point Turton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than half of adults are working or looking for work in Point Turton, suggesting a community with a high number of retirees. Full-time employment is far below the national figure, with only 46.6% of residents in these roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 45.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the South Australian figure of 60%. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is 5.7%, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
45.8% ▲ +12.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.8%
- 2016: 41.9%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.6% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.0%
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 46.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry here at 16.8%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.5% and construction at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is split evenly between managers and labourers, who each make up 16.0% of occupations. Professionals and clerical workers each account for 13.0% 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 Point Turton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41175/point-turton/topic/employment