3.4% ▼ -27.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Fishing Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Fishing Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than 53% of adults in Fishing Point are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure. This suggests a larger proportion of the local population is retired or not in the workforce. While many are not working, those who are find the local unemployment rate of 3.4% to be a little lower than the Australian average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 52.5% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below both the state and national levels. Full-time employment is also lower than in most areas, with 55.6% of the workforce in full-time roles.
52.5% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.5%
- 2016: 50.9%
- 2021: 52.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.6% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.8%
- 2016: 59.0%
- 2021: 55.6%
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 16.3%. Other main employers include construction at 10% and accommodation and food services at 8.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in five workers is a professional, making it the most common occupation in Fishing Point. Community and personal service workers (15.2%) and technicians and tradespeople (14.4%) also make up significant portions of the 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 Fishing Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11529/fishing-point/topic/employment