Understanding the economic role of City of Adelaide provides a framework for understanding what policy responses and investment may be appropriate to support the growth of businesses and maintenance of a vibrant economy in the future.
The charts and table below give a broad overview of the role and function of your economy. It helps answer questions such as:
- How much of the City of Adelaide's economy is driven by meeting the local population needs?
- What proportion of jobs in the area are in goods production or selling of products?
- In which broad sectors are the key strengths of the local economy?
- What contribution do business services make in your area and is it growing?
- Is there a presence of local, state and federal government workers in in the area?
Once you have developed a broad picture of your economy, you can then drill down further with all the detail here.
| Employment composition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Adelaide | 2024 | 2019 | 2014 | |||
| Industry | number | % | number | % | number | % |
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 216 | 0.1 | 211 | 0.1 | 129 | 0.1 |
| Mining | 1,830 | 1.1 | 1,751 | 1.2 | 2,026 | 1.5 |
| Goods related | 24,670 | 14.3 | 22,276 | 15.6 | 21,586 | 15.9 |
| Household services | 63,181 | 36.6 | 49,453 | 34.7 | 45,481 | 33.4 |
| Business services | 54,904 | 31.8 | 44,572 | 31.3 | 43,486 | 32.0 |
| Public administration and safety | 27,851 | 16.1 | 24,088 | 16.9 | 23,340 | 17.2 |
| Total Industries | 172,652 | 100.0 | 142,350 | 100.0 | 136,049 | 100.0 |
Source: National Institute of Economic and Industry Research (NIEIR) ©2025. Compiled and presented in economy.id by .id (informed decisions). Data are based on a 2020-21 price base for all years. NIEIR-ID data are inflation adjusted each year to allow direct comparison, and annual data releases adjust previous years’ figures to a new base year.Learn more. Please refer to specific data notes for more information | ||||||