6.4% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 6.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Saddleworth · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Saddleworth
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 Saddleworth than in the rest of the country. Only 45% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This trend is accompanied by a rise in full-time employment, which grew by 20 percentage points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below South Australia's 60% and fell 14 points since 2011. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is 6.4%, which is a little above the national figure of 5.1%.
45.0% ▼ -23.4%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 58.7%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.4% ▲ +60.0%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 55.1%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry here at 14.7%. Other significant employers include health care and social assistance at 11.2%, and retail trade at 10.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 17.5%. Community and personal service workers follow at 14.7%, while managers and technicians and trades each account for 14.0% of the local workforce.
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 Saddleworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422046/saddleworth/topic/employment