Jobs in South Australia
27 August 2020 by News DeskJobs in South Australia: Around 703,000 people in the Greater Adelaide region were employed at some point during the year, who worked across 965,700 jobs.
The number of employed people increased by 1.0% over the past 12 months, and by 1.0% over the previous six years. The number of jobs reflected similar results (up 2.8% and 1.3%, respectively) in the Greater Adelaide region.
Of the people employed, 599,900 people (85.3%) were single job holders, while 103,200 people (14.7%) worked multiple jobs at the same time during 2016-17. This trend has been consistent over the past six years, with single job holders averaging 85.6% and multiple job holders averaging 14.4% in the Greater Adelaide region.
In comparison, there were 196,400 employed people in the Rest of the South Australia during 2016-17, which represents an increase of 2.1% from the previous year, but a decrease of 1.6% from 2011-12.
These people worked across 279,000 jobs during the year, which reflects a 3.2% increase from 2015-16, but a 1.7% decline from 2011-12 in the number of jobs.
The number of jobs was higher in Greater Adelaide region compared to the Rest of the South Australia (77.6% and 22.4% respectively), reflecting the demographic dynamics of the jurisdiction, that is, more people live and work in the capital city region. This proportion has been relative stable over the past six years.
In the Rest of the South Australia, 166,000 people (84.5%) were single job holders, while 30,500 people (15.5%) worked multiple jobs at the same time during 2016-17. As in the Greater Adelaide region, the majority of people worked one job at a time during a year over the past six years. Over this period, single job holders averaged 85.0% whilst multiple job holders averaged 15.0%.
In the Greater Adelaide region, the number of jobs held by males increased by 2.9%, and the number of jobs held by females increased by 2.7% over the past 12 months. Similarly in the Rest of the South Australia, the number of jobs held by both males and females also grew (up by 3.2% and 3.3% respectively) over the same period.
Compared to 2011-12, the number of jobs held by both males and females increased (up 0.3% and 2.4% respectively) in the Greater Adelaide region, but decreased in the Rest of the South Australia (down by 2.9% and 0.4% respectively).
Nationally, the increase in the number of jobs was a result of growth in jobs by both males and females over the previous 12 months and six years. The growth rate in the number of jobs held by females was greater than males over the time series (7.9% and 5.1% respectively).
In both the Greater Adelaide and Rest of the South Australia regions, the number of jobs held in 2016-17 was greater for males (51.0% and 53.0% of jobs, respectively) compared to females (49.0% and 47.0% of jobs, respectively). This was consistent at the national level, with males working across 52.0% of all jobs, compared to females, who worked across 48.0% of total jobs during 2016-17.
Jobs in South Australia: Jobs by age
In 2016-17, across the Greater Adelaide region, the highest number of jobs were held by people in the 25 to 29 year age group (119,600 jobs), with males in this age group holding a higher proportion of the jobs than females (51.7% and 48.3% respectively). In contrast, the highest number of jobs were held by people in the 45-49 years age group in the Rest of the South Australia, with males in this age group holding 50.4% of all jobs compared to 49.6% held by females.
Over the past six years, the majority of jobs in the Greater Adelaide region were held by people in this age group. Conversely in the Rest of South Australia, there has been a gradual shift from the 50 to 54 year age group having the highest number of jobs in 2011-12.
This was also consistent at the national level, with 2.6 million jobs held by people in this age group and males holding a slightly higher proportion of the jobs than females (52.2% and 47.8% respectively) during 2016-17. Similarly, this age group also held the highest number of jobs over the past six years across Australia.
Jobs in South Australia: Type of employment
Of the 965,700 jobs in the Greater Adelaide region in 2016-17, 89.8% of them were employee jobs (footnote 3) and 10.2% were jobs worked by owner managers of unincorporated enterprises.
In the Rest of the South Australia, the majority of jobs worked were also employee jobs (83.7%) compared to jobs worked by owner managers of unincorporated enterprises (16.3%) over the same period.
This development was also consistent at the national level, with 89.5% of all jobs being employee jobs, and only 10.5% being worked by owner managers of unincorporated enterprises. These proportions have been relative stable over the six years at both the South Australia and national level.
Jobs in South Australia: Median Income
The median income per job (footnote 4) in Greater Adelaide region was higher than in the Rest of the South Australia ($43,000 and $35,500 respectively) in 2016-17. This has been constant over the previous six years.
Since 2011-12, the median income per job grew by 12.3% in Greater Adelaide and 11.9% in the Rest of the South Australia.
By gender, the male median income per job was higher than the female median in both regions consecutively throughout all six years of data. Since 2011-12, the male median income per job grew by 9.3% in Greater Adelaide and by 7.6% in the Rest of the South Australia. Over the same period, the female median income per job increased by 16.7% in the Greater Adelaide region and by 18.1% in the Rest of the South Australia, a greater growth rate than that of males.
Nationally, the median income per job was $43,200 in 2016-17, slightly higher than South Australia median of $41,400. Similarly, the median income per job for males was also higher than for females ($52,700 and $34,900 respectively) during 2016-17, as well as over the previous six years.
Jobs in South Australia: Industry
In the Greater Adelaide region, the five key industries that supplied the most jobs during 2016-17 were Health care and social assistance, Retail trade, Education and training, Administrative and support services, and Accommodation and food services. Over the past 12 months, the number of jobs in all of these industries increased.
Over the same period, three out of the five highest employing industries were found to be similar in the Rest of the South Australia, with the highest number of jobs in were Agriculture, forestry and fishing, Health care and social assistance, Retail trade, Manufacturing and Administrative and support services. Similar to Greater Adelaide region, the number of jobs in each of these industries increased.
In comparison, the highest employing industries in Australia during 2016-17 were Health care and social assistance, Retail trade, Administration and support services, Education and training, and Accommodation and food services. Over the past 12 months, there was jobs growth in all of these industries.
Jobs in South Australia: Occupation
In 2016-17, the most common occupations nationally were Professionals (18.2% of all occupations), Clerical and administrative workers (11.5%), and Managers (10.7%). In South Australia, the most common were Professionals (17.0%), Clerical and administrative workers (11.4%), and Community and personal service workers (10.6%).
In the Greater Adelaide region, the most common occupations were Professionals (18.8% of all occupations) Clerical and administrative workers (12.2%), and Community and personal service workers (10.8%).
In comparison, the most common occupations in the Rest of the South Australia were Labourers (15.0%), Professionals (10.7%), and Technicians and trades workers (10.3%).
Differences in male and female employment in occupations continued to be pronounced in South Australia. Jobs worked by Managers, Technicians and trades workers, Machinery operators and drivers, and Labourers were most likely to be held by males, while those worked by Professionals, Community and personal service workers, Clerical and administrative workers, and Sales workers were most likely to be held by females.
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