2.4% ▼ -26.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 2.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Port Victoria · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Port Victoria
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Very few adults are working or looking for work in Port Victoria, with only 36.1% participating in the labour force. This is far below the national figure of 61.1%, marking the area as a place where most adults are not in the workforce. While few are working, the unemployment rate is low at 2.4%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 36.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the South Australian figure of 60%. Among those employed, 50% work full-time, a rate well below the Australian average of 58.9%.
36.1% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.0% ▼ -17.3%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.4%
- 2016: 52.3%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
People in Port Victoria work across a variety of fields, with the largest group in agriculture, forestry and fishing at 15.6%. Other common industries include education and training at 12.3% and construction at 9.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 18.0%, followed by technicians and trades at 16.4% and labourers at 15.6%. Community and personal service workers make up 13.9% 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 Victoria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41213/port-victoria/topic/employment