6.4% ▲ +88.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 6.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Port Hughes · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Port Hughes
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 Port Hughes than in most similar areas. This is a quiet job market where only 48.1% of adults are in the workforce, and the unemployment rate of 6.4% is much higher than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 48.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the South Australian figure of 60.0%. Full-time employment sits at 53.8%, well below the national figure of 58.9%.
48.1% ▲ +3.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.3%
- 2016: 47.5%
- 2021: 48.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.8% ▲ +10.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.8%
- 2016: 53.0%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 19.8%, followed by education and training at 15.6% and accommodation and food at 11.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 19.1%, with professionals at 18.7% and community and personal service workers at 16.0%.
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 Hughes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41198/port-hughes/topic/employment