4.8% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Fawcetts Plain · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Fawcetts Plain
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Fawcetts Plain compared to the rest of the country. While 70.3% of adults are in the labour force, the typical person is less likely to have a full-time role than those in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work are far more common here than in the state average. However, the unemployment rate of 4.8% is about the same as the national figure, and full-time employment at 54.9% is well below the Australian average.
70.3% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.0%
- 2016: 62.7%
- 2021: 70.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.9% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.1%
- 2016: 64.7%
- 2021: 54.9%
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 for local workers at 19.5%, followed by construction at 15.9% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 14.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers and community and personal service staff are the most common roles, each making up 18.3% of the workforce. Managers also make up a significant share at 17.1%.
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 Fawcetts Plain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11501/fawcetts-plain/topic/employment