4.9% ▼ -35.6%
Higher than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Elder · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Elder
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A rise of 9.9 percentage points in the number of adults working or looking for work marks the recent shift in Elder. While more people are active in the workforce than in 2011, full-time employment has fallen to 55.8%, which is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64.0% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above the South Australian average. Unemployment has fallen to 4.9% since 2011, which is about the same as the national rate.
64.0% ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 54.1%
- 2016: 56.6%
- 2021: 64.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.8% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 57.0%
- 2021: 55.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Elder, accounting for 20.9% of the workforce. Education and training follow at 10.0%, and retail trade at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation here at 30.1%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 13.5% and managers at 12.6%.
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 Elder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40011/elder/topic/employment