0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Senior · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Senior
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment levels have remained exceptionally high in Senior, where a huge 76.5% of adults are working or looking for work. This far exceeds both the state and national figures, and is underpinned by a strong full-time workforce and a total lack of unemployment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is very common here, with 70.8% of the workforce in full-time roles, which is far above the South Australian figure of 57.2%. The unemployment rate is 0.0%, well below the national average of 5.1%.
76.5% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 85.9%
- 2021: 76.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
70.8% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 66.7%
- 2021: 70.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry, employing 58.5% of the local workforce. Other common sectors include construction at 9.2% and wholesale trade at 7.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
More than half of the workforce are managers, accounting for 53.8% of all occupations. Sales workers make up 12.3%, while professionals and clerical staff each represent 9.2% of the local jobs.
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 Senior [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41332/senior/topic/employment