3.3% ▲ +84.8%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Guildford · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Guildford
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Guildford (L) compared to most similar areas. Only 51.4% of adults are in the labour force, and the share of full-time employees has plummeted by 29 percentage points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 30.8% of residents are employed full-time, which is far below the Victorian figure of 59.2%. Despite this, the unemployment rate is only 3.3%, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
51.4% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 69.1%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 51.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
30.8% ▼ -48.1%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.3%
- 2016: 52.7%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employment sectors in the area are health care and social assistance at 18.7%, followed by manufacturing and retail trade, which both sit at 14.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 29.7%, while managers, technicians and trades, sales workers, and labourers each make up 13.2% 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 Guildford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222030/guildford/topic/employment