5.5% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 73% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 5.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Adelaide · Urban Area
Jobs & Industry in Adelaide
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Adelaide, with 17.1% of the workforce in this sector. The area has a high rate of adults working or looking for work compared to most other places, though full-time employment has fallen since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is much higher than in most areas. While unemployment is 5.5%, the share of people in full-time jobs has fallen by 3.0 percentage points since 2011 to reach 57.5%.
61.7% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 74% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 60.6%
- 2016: 59.4%
- 2021: 61.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.5% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 51% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 60.4%
- 2016: 58.6%
- 2021: 57.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the most common industries for workers are retail trade at 9.7%, education and training at 9.0%, and construction at 8.3%. Public administration and safety also employ 7.1% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 23.7% of workers. Other frequent roles include community and personal service workers and clerical and administrative staff, who each make up 13.2% 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 Adelaide [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/4001/adelaide/topic/employment