3.5% ▼ -49.3%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Middleton · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Middleton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people hold full-time jobs in Middleton compared to the rest of the country. While 54% of adults are working or looking for work, only 43.8% are employed full-time, which is much lower than the national figure. Despite this, the area has a low unemployment rate of 3.5%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work rose 11 points since 2011 to reach 54%. However, full-time employment fell by 7.8 points over the same period, leaving Middleton well below South Australian and national levels.
54.0% ▲ +25.4%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 43.0%
- 2016: 39.8%
- 2021: 54.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
43.8% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 51.6%
- 2016: 49.1%
- 2021: 43.8%
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 here at 14.2%, followed by education and training at 12.7% and construction at 12.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 21.7%. Community and personal service workers follow at 17.8%, while technicians and trades account for 14.8% 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 Middleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415028/middleton/topic/employment