5.8% ▼ -25.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 5.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Fernleigh · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Fernleigh
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Job patterns have shifted in Fernleigh, where 62.9% of adults are now working or looking for work. This is a higher proportion of the workforce than the national figure of 61.1%. However, the area struggles with a 5.8% unemployment rate, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While more adults are active in the workforce than the New South Wales average, full-time employment is much lower than most areas. Only 53.1% of the population work full-time, which is well below the national figure of 58.9%.
62.9% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.2%
- 2016: 58.0%
- 2021: 62.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.1% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.0%
- 2016: 52.6%
- 2021: 53.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry for local workers at 14.3%. Health care and social assistance follows at 11.6%, with retail trade and education both at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 23.8%, followed by professionals at 18.4%. Sales workers account for 12.9% 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 Fernleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11511/fernleigh/topic/employment