5.2% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 5.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Urrbrae · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Urrbrae
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Middle-of-the-road employment figures define Urrbrae, where 61.8% of adults are working or looking for work. While most residents hold stable jobs, the area has an unemployment rate of 5.2%, which is higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 58.3% of the workforce are employed full-time, a figure slightly above the South Australian average. Overall, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is 61.8%, which is about the same as the national figure.
61.8% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.4%
- 2016: 60.5%
- 2021: 61.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.3% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.5%
- 2016: 57.2%
- 2021: 58.3%
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 17.3%. Other common industries include professional and technical services at 14.2% and education and training at 12.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are very common here, making up 40.5% of jobs, which helps explain the high share of people in technical and health industries. Managers account for another 17.3% of the local workforce.
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 Urrbrae [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41497/urrbrae/topic/employment