5.7% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Fairy Meadow · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Fairy Meadow
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Fairy Meadow, where 16% of employed people work in this sector. While these roles are prominent, the area has a much lower rate of full-time employment than most other regions. This creates a distinct job profile where professional services are common but full-time work is less typical.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 55.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the state average at 51.2%, while the unemployment rate of 5.7% is much higher than most similar areas.
55.8% ▲ +4.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.2%
- 2016: 54.1%
- 2021: 55.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.2% ▼ -14.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 56.2%
- 2021: 51.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The workforce is led by health care and social assistance at 16%, followed by education and training at 10.1%. Other major employers include retail trade at 9.7% and accommodation and food services at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent, accounting for 25% of jobs. Other common occupations include technicians and trades at 13.9% and community and personal service workers at 13.6%.
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 Meadow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11487/fairy-meadow/topic/employment