4.6% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Port Broughton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Port Broughton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Port Broughton. This small town sees a much lower proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state, with only 39.6% in the workforce.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 39.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 54.9%, slightly lower than the South Australian average, while the unemployment rate is 4.6%.
39.6% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.5%
- 2016: 39.0%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.9% ▼ -3.4%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.8%
- 2016: 55.4%
- 2021: 54.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
One in five people work in health care and social assistance, followed by 16.4% in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Other common industries include education and training at 11.5% and retail trade at 7.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 21.1%, with professionals making up 16.7% of the local workforce. Technicians and trades people account for 13.4%, while community and personal service workers and labourers each sit around 13%.
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 Broughton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41192/port-broughton/topic/employment