5.5% ▼ -25.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 5.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Millfield · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Millfield
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance roles are the most common industry in Millfield, where 11.9% of workers are employed in this field. The area sees a lower proportion of adults working or looking for work than the national figure, and unemployment is much higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 57.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Australian figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average at 54.5%, while the unemployment rate is 5.5%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
57.2% ▲ +4.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.0%
- 2016: 51.5%
- 2021: 57.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.5% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.7%
- 2016: 57.1%
- 2021: 54.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, the most common industries for local workers are accommodation and food services at 9.7%, construction at 9.4%, and retail trade at 8.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest occupational group at 15.8%, followed closely by community and personal service workers at 15.2%.
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 Millfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12631/millfield/topic/employment