10.5% ▲ +70.6%
Higher than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 10.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Elizabeth · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Elizabeth
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Unemployment is among the highest for areas of this size in Elizabeth, where 10.5% of the workforce is without a job. While more people have found work since 2011, the area still struggles with a much lower rate of people working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The share of adults working or looking for work is 54.0%, which is well below the South Australian figure of 60.0%. Unemployment has risen by 4.3 percentage points since 2011, though full-time employment has also grown to 57.3%.
54.0% ▲ +7.2%
Lower than 84% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 50.4%
- 2016: 56.8%
- 2021: 54.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.3% ▲ +13.9%
Lower than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 50.3%
- 2016: 59.5%
- 2021: 57.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 15.8%, followed by retail trade at 12.3% and manufacturing at 10.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 16.2%, with community and personal service workers also common at 15.4%. Technicians and trades follow at 14.5%.
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 Elizabeth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40012/elizabeth/topic/employment