10.9% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 10.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Salisbury · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Salisbury
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 Salisbury, where 17.2% of workers are in this field. The area faces significant job challenges, with an unemployment rate of 10.9% that is well above both state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work here than in most areas, at 48.6%. This is far below the South Australian figure of 60.0%, and full-time employment is also a little below the state average.
48.6% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.6%
- 2016: 47.1%
- 2021: 48.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.3% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.8%
- 2016: 57.4%
- 2021: 55.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, manufacturing employs 11.8% of the workforce, followed by retail trade at 10.1% and construction at 8.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest occupational group at 19.8%, while community and personal service workers account for 17.0% 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 Salisbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41288/salisbury/topic/employment