3.9% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Stanley Flat · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Stanley Flat
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Stanley Flat than in the state or national average. While 66.6% of adults are active in the labour force, the local unemployment rate is a little below the national figure at 3.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 66.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above both South Australia (60%) and Australia (61.1%). Full-time employment sits at 58.1%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
66.6% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.9%
- 2016: 66.9%
- 2021: 66.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.1% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.6%
- 2016: 60.7%
- 2021: 58.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry here at 14.8%, followed by construction at 11.3%. Other notable sectors include health care and social assistance (8.9%), as well as manufacturing and education at 7.4% each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers and clerical and administrative workers both make up 19.2% of the workforce. Professionals follow at 17.2%, while labourers (11.8%) and technicians and trades (10.3%) are also common roles.
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 Stanley Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41377/stanley-flat/topic/employment