2.7% ▼ -22.9%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 2.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tumby Bay · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Tumby Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far smaller proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Tumby Bay compared to the rest of the state. Only 44.9% of adults are in the labour force, which is 15 points lower than the South Australian figure. This gap is partly reflected in the low number of full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 50.2%, a rate that has fallen 6.3 points since 2011. However, the unemployment rate is very low at 2.7%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
44.9% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 48.4%
- 2016: 41.6%
- 2021: 44.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.2% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 56.4%
- 2016: 56.7%
- 2021: 50.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 15.9%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 14.2%. Construction, education, and retail also make up significant shares of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 19.5%. Other common roles include professionals at 13.7% and community and personal service workers at 12.6%.
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 Tumby Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415042/tumby-bay/topic/employment