2.2% ▲ +14.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 2.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Forge Creek · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Forge Creek
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A very low unemployment rate of 2.2% defines the workforce in Forge Creek, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%. Most of the working population is in full-time roles, with 61.2% of residents employed this way.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 61.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the Victorian average. Full-time employment is a little above the state and national figures, while the unemployment rate is lower than most areas.
61.9% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.2%
- 2016: 64.1%
- 2021: 61.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.2% ▲ +16.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.5%
- 2016: 56.8%
- 2021: 61.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the main employer for 19.1% of the workforce, followed by education and training at 11.2% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals and managers make up the largest groups of workers, accounting for 23.6% and 21.9% of the local workforce respectively.
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 Forge Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20938/forge-creek/topic/employment