3.4% ▼ -18.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Stratford · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Stratford
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 Stratford compared to the rest of the country. While 70.4% of adults are in the labour force, the unemployment rate of 3.4% is a little below both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The share of adults working or looking for work is well above the Queensland figure by 8.7 percentage points. Among those employed, 57.9% work full-time, which is about the same as the national average.
70.4% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 75.8%
- 2016: 71.5%
- 2021: 70.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.9% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.3%
- 2016: 63.5%
- 2021: 57.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer here, accounting for 22.7% of jobs. Other common industries include retail trade at 10.5% and education and training at 10.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 35.4%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 13.0% and managers at 12.8%.
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 Stratford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32676/stratford/topic/employment