4.5% ▲ +20.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Unley Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Unley Park
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professional roles are the most common way people earn a living in Unley Park. This is a high-earning area where 40.3% of workers are professionals, though a smaller proportion of the population works full-time compared to the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A higher share of adults are working or looking for work here than in most areas, at 64.6%. However, full-time employment is well below the South Australian figure, with only 53.2% of the workforce in full-time roles.
64.6% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.3%
- 2016: 61.6%
- 2021: 64.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.2% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.6%
- 2016: 54.9%
- 2021: 53.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 22.0%, followed by professional and technical services at 14.9%. Other common industries include accommodation and food services and retail trade.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is heavily skewed toward high-level roles, with professionals and managers making up over 60% of all occupations. Clerical and administrative roles account for another 11.0% 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 Unley Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41491/unley-park/topic/employment