8.1% ▲ +17.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 8.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Port Augusta · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Port Augusta
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Port Augusta, where 17.4% of workers are in this sector. While many people find steady work, the area faces a tough job market with an unemployment rate of 8.1%, which is well above the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 52.5% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below the South Australian average of 60.0%. Full-time employment sits at 58.8%, which is about the same as the national average.
52.5% ▲ +7.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.0%
- 2016: 50.8%
- 2021: 52.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.8% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 58.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the largest industries for local workers are retail trade at 11.1% and public administration and safety at 10.5%. Accommodation and food services also employ a significant 9.8% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are in community and personal service (18.0%) and as labourers (16.2%). Professionals make up 14.8% of the workforce, followed by technicians and trades at 13.5%.
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 Port Augusta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41189/port-augusta/topic/employment