3.8% ▼ -26.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Forest Lodge · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Forest Lodge
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high rate of employment defines daily life in Forest Lodge, where 74.7% of adults are working or looking for work. This is far above the national figure of 61.1%. The area is characterized by a strong workforce, with full-time employment well above both state and national levels.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Far more adults are working or looking for work here than in most other areas. Full-time employment is well above the national figure at 67.7%, while the unemployment rate is 3.8%, which is a little below the Australian average.
74.7% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.4%
- 2016: 69.2%
- 2021: 74.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.7% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.6%
- 2016: 70.1%
- 2021: 67.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is heavily concentrated in professional and technical services, which employ 20.1% of people. Other common industries include education and training at 12%, and health care and social assistance at 11.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up nearly half of all workers at 48.6%, which aligns with the high number of people in technical industries. Managers account for another 20% of the workforce, while clerical and administrative roles make up 10.1%.
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 Forest Lodge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11549/forest-lodge/topic/employment