3.5% ▲ +6.8%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ferny Creek · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ferny Creek
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults in Ferny Creek are working or looking for work compared to most other areas. While 67.8% of adults are in the labour force, the local unemployment rate of 3.5% is a little below both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of people working or looking for work is well above the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment sits at 57.9%, which is about the same as the national figure.
67.8% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.9%
- 2016: 66.2%
- 2021: 67.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.9% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.0%
- 2016: 57.5%
- 2021: 57.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Education and training is the most common industry at 13.1%, followed closely by health care and social assistance at 12.4% and construction at 11.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 30.9%, while managers account for 20.9% of the local 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 Ferny Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20918/ferny-creek/topic/employment