4.1% ▲ +100.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Port Vincent · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Port Vincent
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Port Vincent compared to the rest of the country. Only 38.4% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This gap defines the local employment landscape.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is rare here, with the 38.4% rate being among the lowest for similar areas. Full-time employment is also well below the national figure at 50.8%, though the unemployment rate of 4.1% is a little below the state average.
38.4% ▲ +18.1%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 38.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.8% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.6%
- 2016: 48.0%
- 2021: 50.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with accommodation and food services being the most common at 18.9%. Other key industries include agriculture, forestry and fishing at 11.9%, and construction and retail trade both at 10.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 24.3%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 13.5%, labourers at 13.0%, and professionals at 11.4%.
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 Vincent [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41214/port-vincent/topic/employment