5.6% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 5.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Torrens · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Torrens
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for people working in Torrens, where 18.9% of the workforce is employed in this sector. While a high proportion of adults are working or looking for work, the share of full-time employment has fallen over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 63.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the South Australian figure of 60.0%. Full-time employment fell by 4.6 percentage points since 2011 to 57.4%, while the unemployment rate has stayed steady at 5.6%.
63.2% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 60.1%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 63.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.4% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 62.0%
- 2016: 60.1%
- 2021: 57.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the most common industries for local workers are retail trade at 9.3%, education and training at 8.6%, and professional and technical services at 7.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 24.3%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 13.9% and clerical and administrative staff at 13.1%.
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 Torrens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40043/torrens/topic/employment