5.8% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 5.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Seaford Meadows · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Seaford Meadows
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Seaford Meadows than in most other areas, with a rate of 71.7%. This is a highly active workforce where 60.4% of people hold full-time jobs, a figure well above the South Australian average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is far above the national figure, though the unemployment rate of 5.8% is about the same as the rest of the country.
71.7% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.4%
- 2016: 71.3%
- 2021: 71.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.4% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.6%
- 2016: 61.8%
- 2021: 60.4%
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 for local workers at 18.6%, followed by retail trade at 12.5% and construction at 9.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 17%, closely followed by technicians and trades at 16.4% and community and personal service workers at 15%.
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 Seaford Meadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41317/seaford-meadows/topic/employment