6.5% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 87% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 6.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Port Augusta · Urban Area
Jobs & Industry in Port Augusta
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of over 8 percentage points separates the proportion of adults working or looking for work in Port Augusta from the national figure. While 60% of those employed work full-time, the overall workforce participation is much lower than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 53% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the South Australian figure of 60%. The unemployment rate is 6.5%, which is a little above the national figure of 5.1% and much higher than most similar areas.
53.0% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 76% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 54.7%
- 2016: 52.5%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.0% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 69% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 63.1%
- 2016: 60.8%
- 2021: 60.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the largest employer at 16.1%, followed by public administration and safety at 12.3% and retail trade at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are in community and personal service (17.7%) and professional roles (14.9%), with technicians and trades also making up 14% 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 Port Augusta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/4004/port-augusta/topic/employment