2.6% ▼ -43.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 2.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tennyson · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tennyson
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A low unemployment rate of just 2.6% marks Tennyson as an area where most residents are firmly in work. This is a little below the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country. Full-time employment is also strong here, with 60.8% of the population working full-time.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the South Australian figure. Full-time employment is well above the state average at 60.8%, while the local unemployment rate is much lower than most similar areas.
62.0% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.3%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 62.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.8% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.1%
- 2016: 64.3%
- 2021: 60.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 12.2%, followed by construction at 9.6% and professional and technical services at 8.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation at 24.6%, closely followed by managers at 23.2% and clerical or administrative staff at 16%.
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 Tennyson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41436/tennyson/topic/employment