4.8% ▼ -46.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Surfside · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Surfside
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people are working or looking for work in Surfside than in most other similar areas. Only 49.2% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This reflects a local workforce that is significantly smaller than typical for the region.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is much less common here than in most areas, with a rate of 49.2%. Full-time employment is also well below the state average at 54.6%, while the unemployment rate of 4.8% is about the same as the national figure.
49.2% ▲ +2.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.8%
- 2016: 46.1%
- 2021: 49.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.6% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.6%
- 2016: 53.7%
- 2021: 54.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade is the most common industry for local workers at 14.2%, followed closely by construction at 13.5%. Health care and social assistance (12.6%) and accommodation and food services (11.5%) also employ significant portions of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest group of workers at 16.4%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 14.2%, labourers at 13.9%, and clerical and administrative staff at 12.6%.
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 Surfside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13713/surfside/topic/employment