0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Garfield North · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Garfield North
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment is more common in Garfield North than in most other areas, with 62% of workers in permanent full-time roles. This is a small, focused workforce where the unemployment rate has dropped to 0%, which is well below the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 61% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the Australian average. The local jobless rate is much lower than the state and national figures.
61.0% ▼ -18.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 75.0%
- 2016: 65.7%
- 2021: 61.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.0% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 64.8%
- 2021: 62.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the biggest employer here at 18.2%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.4%. Other common industries include wholesale trade, retail, and education, each employing 8.3% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common job role at 21.5%. Clerical and administrative workers make up 17.4%, while technicians and tradespeople account for 15.7% of occupations.
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 Garfield North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20967/garfield-north/topic/employment