2.6% ▲ +1.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 2.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Suttontown · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Suttontown
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly 79% of adults in Suttontown are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure. This high level of activity is matched by a very strong full-time employment rate of 60.5%. Together, these figures show a highly active local workforce with very few people out of work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is just 2.6%, which is a little below the South Australian and national figures. Full-time employment is also strong at 60.5%, well above the state average of 57.2%.
78.6% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.7%
- 2016: 72.5%
- 2021: 78.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.5% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 61.3%
- 2021: 60.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Suttontown is split across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing leading at 15.0%. Health care and social assistance follow closely at 14.8%, while construction accounts for 9.7% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 19.6%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 15.7% and professionals at 14.8%.
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 Suttontown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41412/suttontown/topic/employment