11.3% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 11.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Whyalla Stuart · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Whyalla Stuart
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Manufacturing is the biggest employer in Whyalla Stuart, where 15.0% of the workforce is employed in the sector. The area faces significant employment challenges, with an unemployment rate of 11.3% that is well above both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 45.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the figures for South Australia and Australia. Full-time employment is also a little below the state average at 55.7%.
45.7% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.3%
- 2016: 45.8%
- 2021: 45.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.7% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.4%
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 55.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
People in the area work across a variety of sectors, with health care and social assistance (13.7%) and retail trade (10.5%) following manufacturing as the most common industries.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are machinery operators and drivers at 18.2%, followed by labourers at 16.9% and technicians and trades at 15.0%.
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 Whyalla Stuart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41590/whyalla-stuart/topic/employment