0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Corfield · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Corfield
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of people work or look for work in Corfield compared to most similar areas. This sparsely populated region sees 71.4% of adults in the labour force, with a striking 80% employed full-time. This is far above the national figure of 58.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working rates are much higher than most areas, and the unemployment rate is well below the national figure at 0.0%. Full-time employment is far above the Queensland average of 59.0%.
71.4% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 76.7%
- 2016: 69.9%
- 2021: 71.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
80.0% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 85.9%
- 2016: 85.0%
- 2021: 80.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is heavily concentrated in Agriculture, forestry and fishing, which accounts for 78.9% of jobs. Wholesale trade is the next most common industry at 6.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Most people here work as managers, making up 68.4% of occupations. Labourers follow at 15.8%, while clerical and administrative roles account for 6.3%.
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 Corfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30723/corfield/topic/employment