4.8% ▲ +39.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Shelford · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Shelford
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high proportion of adults in Shelford are working or looking for work, reaching 71.1%. While more people are active in the workforce than in most similar areas, full-time employment is surprisingly low at 52.1%, which is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 71.1% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above the 61.1% national average. However, full-time roles are less common here than elsewhere, and the unemployment rate of 4.8% is higher than in most similar areas.
71.1% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.2%
- 2016: 64.3%
- 2021: 71.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.1% ▼ -20.2%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.3%
- 2016: 57.5%
- 2021: 52.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main industry for local workers at 21.8%, followed by education and training at 12.7% and health care and social assistance at 11.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common job role at 19.7%, with community and personal service workers (17.6%) and professionals (16.9%) also making up large shares of the workforce.
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 Shelford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22272/shelford/topic/employment