5.3% ▲ +134.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 5.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Waterloo Corner · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Waterloo Corner
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly 29% of working residents in Waterloo Corner are managers, making this the most common occupation in the area. While many hold senior roles, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 37.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is among the lowest rates seen in similar areas and far below the national figure of 61.1%. Those employed full-time make up 56.2% of the workforce, while the unemployment rate of 5.3% is higher than most areas.
37.7% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.7%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.2% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 54.2%
- 2021: 56.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 28.5% of the workforce. Retail trade is the next most common sector at 12.1%, followed by health care and social assistance at 7.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond the high number of managers, 12.4% of the workforce are labourers. Technicians and trades workers and machinery operators both make up 9.6% of occupations, while clerical and administrative roles account for 9.0%.
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 Waterloo Corner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41547/waterloo-corner/topic/employment