1.8% ▲ +65.2%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 1.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Samford Village · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Samford Village
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults have been working or looking for work in Samford Village over the last decade, with the rate falling 16 points since 2011. Despite this shift, the area maintains a very low unemployment rate of 1.8%, which is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 52.0%, well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment has also dropped slightly to 56.5% since 2011, though the unemployment rate remains among the lowest for similar areas.
52.0% ▼ -23.3%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 67.8%
- 2016: 54.6%
- 2021: 52.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.5% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.6%
- 2016: 60.4%
- 2021: 56.5%
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 here at 14.3%, followed by education and training at 12.2% and professional and technical services at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up 30.4% of the local workforce, with managers following at 20.8%. Community and personal service roles account for 12.2% of jobs.
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 Samford Village [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321090/samford-village/topic/employment