3.5% ▼ -50.4%
Lower than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Heysen · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Heysen
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Heysen compared to both the state and the nation. This trend is marked by a very low unemployment rate of 3.5%, though the proportion of full-time roles has fallen since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the South Australian figure of 60%. However, full-time employment at 54.6% is well below the national figure of 58.9%.
64.9% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 60.0%
- 2016: 62.6%
- 2021: 64.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.6% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 59.1%
- 2016: 56.4%
- 2021: 54.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 15.7%, followed by education and training at 11.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation at 30.3%, while managers make up another 18.4% of the 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 Heysen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40022/heysen/topic/employment