6.0% ▲ +26.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 6.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Semaphore Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Semaphore Park
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Working patterns in Semaphore Park have shifted over the last decade, with a now significant 60.3% of the workforce in full-time roles. This is well above the South Australian figure of 57.2%. However, the area sees fewer adults working or looking for work than most other similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 52.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below both the state and national figures. This contrasts with a high full-time employment rate of 60.3%, while the unemployment rate is 6.0%, slightly above the national figure.
52.4% ▲ +0.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.2%
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.3% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.5%
- 2016: 58.5%
- 2021: 60.3%
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 at 14.5%, followed by construction at 10.3% and education and training at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 22.1%, while clerical and administrative roles are the next most common at 15.7%.
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 Semaphore Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41330/semaphore-park/topic/employment