5.4% ▼ -16.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 5.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Port Noarlunga · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Port Noarlunga
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 Noarlunga, where 17.0% of the workforce is employed in this sector. While most adults are working or looking for work, full-time employment is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the state and national figures. However, the 5.4% unemployment rate is higher than most similar areas.
60.6% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.2%
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 60.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.8% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.8%
- 2016: 56.3%
- 2021: 55.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the most common industries for local workers are construction at 10.7%, education and training at 10.5%, and retail trade at 10.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 19.2%, followed by community and personal service workers at 16.2% and technicians and trades at 15.1%.
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 Noarlunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41206/port-noarlunga/topic/employment