4.4% ▼ -34.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Port Elliot · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Port Elliot
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much smaller proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Port Elliot than in other similar areas. Only 40.1% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This reflects a local workforce that is significantly smaller than across South Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 43.5% of residents are employed full-time, a figure far below the 58.9% seen across Australia. While the unemployment rate is 4.4%, this is about the same as the state and national figures.
40.1% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.9%
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 40.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
43.5% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.2%
- 2016: 39.9%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The largest employment sectors in Port Elliot are health care and social assistance at 19.7%, followed by construction at 12.4% and retail trade at 11.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.6%. Technicians and trades workers and community and personal service workers both account for 16.3% of the local 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 Port Elliot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41194/port-elliot/topic/employment