9.8% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 9.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ramsay · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Ramsay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much lower proportions of adults are working or looking for work in Ramsay compared to similar areas. The local unemployment rate is 9.8%, which is among the highest for areas of this type and well above the national figure of 5.1%. Only 52.6% of adults are in the workforce, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 9.8%, which is well above the South Australian figure of 5.4%. Full-time employment fell by 5.8 percentage points since 2011 to 57.2%, a result that is now a little below the Australian average.
52.6% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 52.8%
- 2016: 51.6%
- 2021: 52.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.2% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 65% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 63.0%
- 2016: 59.0%
- 2021: 57.2%
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 workers here at 15.4%, followed by manufacturing at 12.2% and retail trade at 10.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 19.4%, while 15.3% work in community and personal service and 14.2% are technicians and tradespeople.
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 Ramsay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40038/ramsay/topic/employment