5.4% ▼ -31.5%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 5.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Port Broughton · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Port Broughton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Port Broughton than in most similar areas. Only 37.1% of adults are in the labour force, a figure that has fallen by 13 percentage points since 2011. This suggests a community with a high number of retirees or people not seeking employment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below the South Australian figure of 60%. While full-time employment has fallen slightly since 2011 to 55.2%, the unemployment rate has also improved, dropping 2.5 points to 5.4%.
37.1% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 49.7%
- 2016: 56.9%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.2% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 56.9%
- 2016: 49.3%
- 2021: 55.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in the area at 22.3%. Other common industries include agriculture, forestry and fishing at 14.5%, and education and training at 12.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly one in five residents are managers or professionals. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 13.6%, labourers at 13.0%, and community and personal service workers at 12.7%.
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 Broughton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415036/port-broughton/topic/employment