6.4% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 6.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Point Turton · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Point Turton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people are working or looking for work in Point Turton than they were in 2011. Only 43.6% of adults are in the labour force, a figure far below the national average of 61.1%. This trend is matched by a drop in full-time employment, which fell 7.3 percentage points over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the South Australian figure at 49.2%. While far fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to most areas, the unemployment rate is a little above the national level at 6.4%.
43.6% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 45.3%
- 2016: 53.7%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.2% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 56.5%
- 2016: 52.3%
- 2021: 49.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with construction being the most common at 14.4%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 13.6% and health care and social assistance at 12.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 17.8%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative staff at 15.3%, while managers and community and personal service workers both sit at 14.4%.
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 Point Turton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422041/point-turton/topic/employment