6.7% ▼ -30.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Federal · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Federal
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professional roles are the most common job type in Federal, where 30.1% of workers are employed in this category. While the proportion of adults working or looking for work is typical for the region, full-time employment is far below the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 6.7%, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 5.1%. Only 43.1% of residents work full-time, a figure far below the 58.9% seen across Australia.
58.8% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.2%
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 58.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
43.1% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.7%
- 2016: 41.9%
- 2021: 43.1%
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 at 13.8%, followed by retail trade at 10.3% and professional and technical services at 10%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Alongside a high number of professionals, 19% of the workforce are managers. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 13.6% and community and personal service workers at 11.7%.
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 Federal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11502/federal/topic/employment