4.5% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wayville · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wayville
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Wayville compared to the rest of the state. This active workforce is largely professional, with 67.7% of adults in the labour force, which is well above the South Australian figure of 60.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 67.7% of adults are working or looking for work, the unemployment rate is 4.5%, which is about the same as the national figure. Full-time employment sits at 58.3%, slightly above the state average.
67.7% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.4%
- 2016: 64.1%
- 2021: 67.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.3% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.4%
- 2016: 57.4%
- 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 17.1%, followed by professional and technical services at 14.1%. Education and training also employ a significant 10.9% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 39.2%, with managers accounting for another 15.6%. Clerical and administrative roles are the next most common at 11.7%.
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 Wayville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41555/wayville/topic/employment