4.5% ▲ +23.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Sumner · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Sumner
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Sumner than in most other areas, with 75% of the adult population in the labour force. This high level of activity is led by a strong full-time employment rate that sits well above both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is very high here at 67.8%, which is well above the national figure of 58.9%. The unemployment rate is 4.5%, which is about the same as Queensland's 5.4%.
75.0% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 78.0%
- 2016: 74.7%
- 2021: 75.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.8% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.5%
- 2016: 69.5%
- 2021: 67.8%
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 13.4%, followed by education and training at 10.3% and professional and technical services at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 28.1%, while managers account for 14.1% and clerical and administrative roles make up 13.1%.
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 Sumner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32689/sumner/topic/employment