3.4% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yorketown · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Yorketown
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Yorketown compared to other similar areas. Only 45% of the adult population is in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This means a larger share of the local population is not engaged in paid employment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The employment rate is much lower than most areas, with full-time work at 50.5%, well below the South Australian figure of 57.2%. However, the unemployment rate is a little below the national level at 3.4%.
45.0% ▼ -9.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.0%
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.5% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.9%
- 2016: 55.4%
- 2021: 50.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer at 19%, followed by retail trade at 12.2% and health care and social assistance at 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 19.8%, while technicians and trades people account for 16.8% of the local 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 Yorketown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41689/yorketown/topic/employment