2.8% ▼ -61.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 2.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Fairy Hill · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Fairy Hill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Fairy Hill compared to most other areas. Just over half the adult population is in the workforce, though those who are employed enjoy a low unemployment rate of 2.8%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 52.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also lower than most areas, sitting at 54.3%.
52.8% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.1%
- 2016: 55.0%
- 2021: 52.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.3% ▼ -23.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.1%
- 2016: 58.1%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade is the most common industry here at 19.1%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.9% and manufacturing at 11.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly one in five residents works as a manager, while professionals make up 15.0% of the workforce and labourers account for 14.5%.
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 Fairy Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11486/fairy-hill/topic/employment