7.8% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 7.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tarpeena · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tarpeena
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Labourers make up the biggest work group in Tarpeena, where 20.8% of employees fall into this category. While full-time work is more common here than in most other areas, a smaller proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is high at 63.1%, well above the South Australian figure of 57.2%. However, the unemployment rate is 7.8%, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure.
56.1% ▲ +7.0%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.5%
- 2016: 48.9%
- 2021: 56.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.1% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.4%
- 2016: 64.2%
- 2021: 63.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing and health care and social assistance both accounting for 16.7% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond labouring, many residents work as machinery operators and drivers (19%) or as technicians and tradespeople (16.1%).
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 Tarpeena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41428/tarpeena/topic/employment