4.5% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Morialta · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Morialta
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Morialta than in the rest of the state. Around 64.7% of adults are in the labour force, which is well above the South Australian figure. This strong engagement with work is paired with a low unemployment rate of 4.5%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While the number of people working or looking for work rose 5.4 points since 2011, full-time employment fell slightly to 57.9%. This is about the same as the figures for South Australia and Australia.
64.7% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 59.2%
- 2016: 61.9%
- 2021: 64.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.9% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 60.8%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 57.9%
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 here at 15.7%, followed by education and training at 11.4% and retail trade at 9.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 27.8%, while clerical and administrative positions make up 14.9% 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 Morialta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40031/morialta/topic/employment