10.4% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 10.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Salisbury North · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Salisbury North
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
An unemployment rate of 10.4% is well above the national figure in Salisbury North, where job opportunities are a key challenge. While many people work in health and social assistance, far fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 50.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Australian figure of 61.1%. This struggle is reflected in an unemployment rate that is among the highest for similar areas, sitting 5.0 percentage points above the South Australian average.
50.5% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.0%
- 2016: 49.9%
- 2021: 50.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.8% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.3%
- 2016: 58.9%
- 2021: 56.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here at 15.3%, followed by manufacturing at 11.9% and retail trade at 11.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 20.8%, with others commonly working as community and personal service workers (15.4%) or technicians and tradespeople (14.1%).
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 Salisbury North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41292/salisbury-north/topic/employment