3.2% ▼ -24.2%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Port Victoria · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Port Victoria
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 33.8% of adults in Port Victoria are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area stand out as one with a very small active workforce, though those who are employed enjoy an unemployment rate of just 3.2%, which is much lower than most areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The share of adults working or looking for work has fallen 11 points since 2011 to 33.8%, far below the South Australian figure of 60%. Full-time employment has also dropped 11 points over the last decade to 44.4%, which is among the lowest for similar areas.
33.8% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 44.7%
- 2016: 57.4%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
44.4% ▼ -20.3%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 55.8%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
People here most commonly work in education and training (13.3%), followed by construction (11.1%) and agriculture, forestry and fishing (8.9%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are labourers (20.0%) and machinery operators or drivers (14.4%), while managers and professionals make up 13.3% and 12.2% of the workforce respectively.
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 Victoria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422044/port-victoria/topic/employment