4.0% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Fulham · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Fulham
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A strong reliance on primary production and full-time work shapes daily life in Fulham. While only 10.5% of adults are working or looking for work, those who are employed are much more likely to have full-time roles compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well above the national figure at 63.8%, though the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below Victoria's 62.4%. The unemployment rate is 4.0%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
10.5% ▼ -38.3%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.8% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.0%
- 2016: 59.4%
- 2021: 63.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 34.0% of the workforce. Other common sectors include health care and social assistance at 14.9% and education and training at 7.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 26.6%, followed by technicians and trades at 22.3% and professionals at 16.0%.
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 Fulham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20956/fulham/topic/employment