11.9% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 11.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Smithfield · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Smithfield
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
An unemployment rate of 11.9% is well above the national figure in Smithfield, where job security is a significant challenge. Fewer than half of the adults here are working or looking for work, which is far below the typical rate for South Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 48.2% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the state level at 53.0%, while unemployment is among the highest for similar areas.
48.2% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.4%
- 2016: 46.8%
- 2021: 48.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.0% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.0%
- 2016: 62.0%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The largest employment sectors in the area are health care and social assistance at 16.3%, followed by retail trade at 12.6% and manufacturing at 11.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
About one in five workers are labourers, making it the most common role at 20.8%. Other common jobs include community and personal service work at 16.5% and machinery operators and drivers at 14.2%.
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 Smithfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41346/smithfield/topic/employment