1.7% ▼ -76.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 1.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Fingal · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Fingal
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fingal has a much lower proportion of people working or looking for work than most similar areas. Only 53% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Despite this, the area has a very low unemployment rate of just 1.7%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of people working full-time is among the lowest for this area type at 46.4%, falling far below the Victorian average of 59.2%. This is consistent with the fact that fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to most other regions.
53.0% ▼ -13.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.5%
- 2016: 61.2%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.4% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.8%
- 2016: 49.3%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade is the most common industry for local workers at 12.5%, followed by professional and technical services at 10.5% and construction at 9.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 24.1%, while professionals account for 16.3% of the workforce. Technicians, trades, and clerical workers each make up 14.6% of jobs.
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 Fingal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20920/fingal/topic/employment