0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mayfield · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A full-time employment rate of 77.8% puts Mayfield far ahead of both the state and national figures. This is a highly active workforce where almost 65% of adults are working or looking for work. Most strikingly, there is currently no recorded unemployment in the area.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is very common here, with 77.8% of the workforce in full-time roles, which is 19 points higher than the Australian average. This high employment level is reflected in an unemployment rate of 0.0%, well below the national figure of 5.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
65.1% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
77.8% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, led by public administration and safety at 25.9%. Construction, retail trade, and agriculture, forestry and fishing also make up significant shares, each accounting for between 14.8% and 18.5% of jobs.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Management roles are the most common occupation in Mayfield, held by 29.6% of workers. Professionals and technicians or trades follow, each making up 18.5% of the local workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Mayfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12542/mayfield/topic/employment