2.5% ▼ -41.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tumby Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tumby Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Tumby Bay compared to the rest of the state. Only 47.6% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the South Australian figure of 60%. Despite this low participation, the local unemployment rate is a very low 2.5%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of people employed full-time is just 50.3%, which is well below the national figure of 58.9%. This contributes to a much smaller overall workforce than in most similar areas.
47.6% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.0%
- 2016: 45.8%
- 2021: 47.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.3% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.0%
- 2016: 55.5%
- 2021: 50.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer at 15.6%, followed by health care and social assistance at 14.3%. Retail trade and construction also employ about 10% of the workforce each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 21.8%. Professionals and community and personal service workers each account for around 12.5% of the local jobs.
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 Tumby Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41476/tumby-bay/topic/employment