4.0% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Walkerville · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Walkerville
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A steady professional workforce defines Walkerville, where nearly half of all working residents are employed in professional roles. The area remains a strong employment hub, though the proportion of adults working or looking for work is notably lower than the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below South Australia's 60.0%. While the unemployment rate is 4.0%, this is a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
54.1% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.9%
- 2016: 53.3%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.1% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.4%
- 2016: 60.8%
- 2021: 57.1%
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 23.8%, followed by professional and technical services at 12.1% and education and training at 10.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is dominated by professionals, who make up 43.4% of jobs, and managers at 17.6%. Clerical and administrative roles account for 10.0% of occupations.
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 Walkerville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41514/walkerville/topic/employment