4.3% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 68% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Port Lincoln · Urban Area
Jobs & Industry in Port Lincoln
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people are working full-time in Port Lincoln than in most similar areas. While the unemployment rate of 4.3% is lower than most other places, the overall percentage of adults working or looking for work has fallen to 57.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 52.3%, a drop of 4.9 points since 2011. This comes alongside a wider trend where the proportion of adults working or looking for work has fallen to 57.9%.
57.9% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 50% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 58.0%
- 2021: 57.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.3% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 88% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 57.2%
- 2016: 55.0%
- 2021: 52.3%
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 15.5%, followed by retail trade at 12.2%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing make up 9.4% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 16.7%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 15.2% and community and personal service workers at 14.5%.
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 Lincoln [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/4005/port-lincoln/topic/employment