7.5% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 7.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Playford · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Playford
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high unemployment rate of 7.5% marks Playford as a challenging place to find work compared to most similar areas. While the number of adults working or looking for work rose to 61.1% since 2011, the area struggles more with joblessness than the state or national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Unemployment is a little above the state and national figures, rising 0.9 points since 2011. Around 58.6% of the workforce is employed full-time, which is about the same as the national figure.
61.1% ▲ +8.3%
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 56.4%
- 2016: 54.8%
- 2021: 61.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.6% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2016: 58.5%
- 2021: 58.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 15.9%, followed by retail trade at 10.4% and manufacturing at 10.2%. Construction and transport also make up significant shares of the local economy.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is split evenly between community and personal service workers and labourers, both at 15.4%. Technicians and trades workers make up 13.7%, while professionals account for 13.4%.
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 Playford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40036/playford/topic/employment