4.1% ▼ -34.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ashfield · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ashfield
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Ashfield compared to most similar areas. Nearly 70% of adults are active in the labour force, which is well above both the Queensland and national figures. This indicates a community with a very strong attachment to the workforce.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 69.5% of adults are working or looking for work, well above the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 4.1%, which is a little below the Queensland average of 5.4%.
69.5% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.9%
- 2016: 70.4%
- 2021: 69.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.8% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.4%
- 2016: 61.3%
- 2021: 59.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here at 18.2%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 13.2% and retail trade at 11.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 24.3% of workers, while 17.8% work as labourers. Managers and clerical or administrative staff each make up about 11% 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 Ashfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30091/ashfield/topic/employment