Understanding the economic role of City of Port Adelaide Enfield 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 City of Port Adelaide Enfield'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 Port Adelaide Enfield | 2024 | 2019 | 2014 | |||
| Industry | number | % | number | % | number | % |
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 456 | 0.5 | 378 | 0.5 | 223 | 0.3 |
| Mining | 290 | 0.3 | 399 | 0.5 | 285 | 0.4 |
| Goods related | 50,558 | 59.1 | 48,515 | 61.3 | 46,674 | 64.3 |
| Household services | 22,675 | 26.5 | 19,025 | 24.0 | 15,576 | 21.5 |
| Business services | 6,631 | 7.8 | 6,096 | 7.7 | 5,423 | 7.5 |
| Public administration and safety | 4,943 | 5.8 | 4,707 | 5.9 | 4,393 | 6.1 |
| Total Industries | 85,553 | 100.0 | 79,120 | 100.0 | 72,574 | 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 | ||||||