0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Somme · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Somme
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A very low full-time employment rate of 40.9% sets Somme apart from most similar areas. While the typical adult here is as likely to be working or seeking work as those across Queensland, the area has a strikingly small number of people in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
No one in Somme was recorded as unemployed, a figure well below the 5.1% national average. However, full-time work is far less common here than in Queensland, where the state figure is 59.0%.
62.5% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 57.9%
- 2021: 62.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
40.9% —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.8%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Somme is split across three main sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing leading at 27.3%, followed by manufacturing and health care at 22.7% each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common role at 36.4%, while community and personal service workers make up 27.3% 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 Somme [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32585/somme/topic/employment