4.5% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Waterfall Gully · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Waterfall Gully
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Waterfall Gully than in most similar areas. While 72.4% of the adult population is active in the labour force, the local unemployment rate of 4.5% is higher than the norm for similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A high number of residents are in the workforce, though full-time employment at 54.2% is a little below the South Australian figure of 57.2%. The unemployment rate is about the same as the national figure of 5.1%.
72.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 70.8%
- 2021: 72.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.2% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 55.4%
- 2021: 54.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the most common industry for local workers at 20.5%. This is followed by health care and social assistance at 16.9% and education and training at 13.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 41%, with managers accounting for another 25.3%. Technicians and trades workers represent a smaller portion of the workforce at 6%.
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 Waterfall Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41545/waterfall-gully/topic/employment