7.9% ▲ +1041.9%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 7.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Orford · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Orford
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Construction is the most common industry for workers in Orford (L), where 14.2% of the workforce is employed in the sector. This is a community where fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to other areas, and the unemployment rate has climbed since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 40% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment has fallen to 49.3%, while the unemployment rate rose 7.2 percentage points since 2011 to reach 7.9%.
40.0% ▼ -33.8%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.3%
- 2016: 57.8%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.3% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 56.6%
- 2016: 52.0%
- 2021: 49.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction leads the local workforce at 14.2%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing and accommodation and food, which both sit at 12.3%. Education and training employ 10% of workers, while retail trade accounts for 6.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades are the most common occupation at 19%, followed by managers at 15.6% and professionals at 14.7%. Community and personal service workers and labourers each make up 11.4% 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 Orford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621019/orford/topic/employment