6.9% ▲ +186.6%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 6.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wilmington · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Wilmington
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 Wilmington than across the rest of the state. While 60.6% of the workforce are in full-time jobs, the overall number of people employed has dropped significantly over the last decade. This shift is matched by a rise in the local unemployment rate to 6.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 49.2%, which is far below both the South Australian figure of 60.0% and the national rate. This reflects a steep 23 point drop since 2011, while the unemployment rate rose by 4.5 points in that same period.
49.2% ▼ -31.5%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 71.8%
- 2016: 47.9%
- 2021: 49.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.6% ▼ -16.0%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 72.1%
- 2016: 61.8%
- 2021: 60.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 15.6%, followed by education and training at 13.3%. Other notable sectors include accommodation and food, as well as agriculture, forestry and fishing, which both employ around 10% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 16.7%. Technicians and trades are also common at 15.6%, while professionals, community and personal service workers, and labourers each account for 13.9% 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 Wilmington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422059/wilmington/topic/employment