8.8% ▲ +102.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 8.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wangary · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wangary
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher unemployment rate than most similar areas marks the current job market in Wangary. While nearly 59% of residents are employed full-time, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is well below both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 56% of adults here are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This coincides with an unemployment rate of 8.8%, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the South Australian rate of 5.4%.
56.0% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.8% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.0%
- 2016: 58.0%
- 2021: 58.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main industry for local workers at 22.7%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Manager roles are the most common occupation at 20.6%, while community and personal service workers make up 17.5% of the 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 Wangary [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41529/wangary/topic/employment