4.5% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ferntree Gully · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ferntree Gully
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Ferntree Gully than in most similar areas. This active workforce sees 64.8% of adults engaged in the labour force, a figure well above the Australian average of 61.1%. While employment is strong, the area has a higher unemployment rate than most other similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the Victorian figure. Full-time employment sits at 59.8%, almost exactly the same as the state and national averages.
64.8% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.7%
- 2016: 64.8%
- 2021: 64.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.8% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.5%
- 2016: 62.1%
- 2021: 59.8%
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 14.2%, followed by construction at 11.6% and retail trade at 10.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 21.1%. Other frequent roles include technicians and trades at 16.3%, and clerical or administrative work at 14.3%.
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 Ferntree Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20917/ferntree-gully/topic/employment