4.9% ▼ -31.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Fernhill · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Fernhill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 44.8% of adults in Fernhill are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average. This low level of workforce activity is the defining feature of the local job market, with full-time employment also sitting well below state and national levels.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below the national figure at 44.8%. Full-time employment is also well below the state average at 51.3%, while the unemployment rate is 4.9%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
44.8% ▼ -1.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.5%
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 44.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.3% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.1%
- 2016: 58.3%
- 2021: 51.3%
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 here at 16.9%, followed by education and training at 12.4% and construction at 11.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
About one quarter of workers are professionals (25.9%), with technicians and trades workers making up 17.2% 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 Fernhill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11510/fernhill/topic/employment