0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Fordsdale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Fordsdale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 11 to 12 percentage points separates Fordsdale from the state and national figures in the proportion of adults working or looking for work. Only 50% of adults here are in the labour force, yet those who are employed find stability, with a 0% unemployment rate.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Half of all adults in Fordsdale are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland and Australian figures. For those employed, 59.1% work full-time, a rate that is about the same as the rest of the country.
50.0% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 57.9%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.1% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Fordsdale is split evenly between agriculture, forestry and fishing and public administration and safety, with both employing 22.7% of the workforce. Education and training also play a role, accounting for 13.6% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 31.8%. Technicians and trades workers, along with sales workers, each account for 13.6% of the local 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 Fordsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31059/fordsdale/topic/employment