3.2% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Forestville · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Forestville
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Forestville sits around the middle of similar areas for its employment and job patterns. Most residents work in professional roles, with a low unemployment rate of 3.2% that is a little below both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the New South Wales figure. Full-time employment for 56.8% of the population is a little below the Australian average of 58.9%.
60.1% ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.1%
- 2016: 61.4%
- 2021: 60.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.8% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.8%
- 2016: 59.9%
- 2021: 56.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the biggest employer at 14.0%, followed by health care and social assistance at 12.6%. Education and training also make up a large slice of the local workforce at 10.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 32.2%, while 21.3% are managers. Clerical and administrative roles are the next most common, accounting for 13.3% of occupations.
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 Forestville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11551/forestville/topic/employment