9.0% ▲ +129.9%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 9.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Edithburgh · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Edithburgh
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A small number of residents are working or looking for work in Edithburgh, which has a low employment rate of 29.2%. This figure has fallen 12 points since 2011, and the town now sees much higher unemployment than most areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 47.1% of people are employed full-time, which is far below the national figure of 58.9%. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate has risen to 9.0%, well above the South Australian rate of 5.4%.
29.2% ▼ -28.7%
Lower than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.0%
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.1% ▼ -0.5%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 47.3%
- 2016: 53.0%
- 2021: 47.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local work is concentrated in a few sectors, with 20.2% of people working in accommodation and food services and 15.1% in health care and social assistance.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are split evenly between community and personal service workers and labourers, each at 18.5%, followed closely by managers and technicians and trades at 17.6%.
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 Edithburgh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422019/edithburgh/topic/employment