1.8% ▼ -69.1%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 1.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Samford Village · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Samford Village
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 52% of adults in Samford Village are working or looking for work, a figure well below the national average. While this suggests a smaller proportion of the adult population is in the workforce, those who are employed enjoy a very low unemployment rate of 1.8%. This reflects a stable local job market compared to the wider state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local unemployment rate is 1.8%, which is well below the 5.1% national figure. However, the share of adults working or looking for work is much lower than most areas, sitting at 52%.
52.0% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.4%
- 2016: 57.2%
- 2021: 52.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.5% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.6%
- 2016: 54.8%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 14.3%, followed by education and training at 12.2% and professional and technical services at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 30.4%, with managers accounting for another 20.8% 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 Samford Village [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32506/samford-village/topic/employment