4.8% ▼ -20.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Port Noarlunga South · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Port Noarlunga South
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Port Noarlunga South than in most similar areas. While 63.4% of adults are in the labour force, full-time employment is a little below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local workforce is more active than the state and national averages, though the unemployment rate of 4.8% is higher than most similar areas. Full-time work is slightly less common here, at 56.1%.
63.4% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.6%
- 2016: 60.7%
- 2021: 63.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.1% ▲ +0.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.0%
- 2016: 55.3%
- 2021: 56.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 18.3%, followed by construction at 13.3% and retail trade at 9.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 18.5%, followed closely by professionals at 17.4% and community and personal service workers at 16.4%.
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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41207/port-noarlunga-south/topic/employment