3.5% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
St Clair · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in St Clair
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more people are working or looking for work in St Clair than in most similar areas. This high level of activity is led by a strong full-time workforce, with 65.9% of residents in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work make up 77.3% of the population, which is far above the South Australian figure of 60.0%. The unemployment rate is 3.5%, slightly lower than both the state and national figures.
77.3% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 75.1%
- 2021: 77.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.9% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 67.2%
- 2021: 65.9%
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 14.9%, followed by retail trade at 9.8% and public administration and safety at 9.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for residents at 31.4%, while clerical and administrative work accounts for 13.7%.
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 St Clair [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41367/st-clair/topic/employment