4.3% ▼ -28.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Stafford Heights · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Stafford Heights
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Stafford Heights compared to the rest of the country. About 66.2% of adults are active in the labour force, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. This reflects a strong level of employment across the suburb.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is well above the state and national figures. While 59.9% of the workforce is employed full-time, the unemployment rate of 4.3% is a little below the Queensland average.
66.2% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.8%
- 2016: 63.7%
- 2021: 66.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.9% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.1%
- 2016: 62.5%
- 2021: 59.9%
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 for local workers at 17.4%. Other significant sectors include professional and technical services at 10.7% and education and training at 9.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation, accounting for 30.0% of the workforce. Managers and clerical or administrative workers both make up around 13% 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 Stafford Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32650/stafford-heights/topic/employment