2.3% ▼ -64.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 2.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Fountaindale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Fountaindale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Fountaindale than in most similar areas. While 66.9% of the adult population is in the labour force, full-time employment is far below the national figure at 48.0%. This creates a unique profile where many people are active in the workforce, but few hold full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 2.3%, which is lower than most areas and a little below both the state and national figures. Despite this, the share of full-time workers is well below the New South Wales average of 58.0%.
66.9% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.2%
- 2016: 63.2%
- 2021: 66.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.0% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 61.3%
- 2021: 48.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 13.6%, followed by retail trade at 9.4% and professional and technical services at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
A quarter of the workforce are professionals, while 18.0% are managers. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 14.9% and clerical and administrative workers at 12.8%.
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 Fountaindale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11557/fountaindale/topic/employment