6.8% ▲ +90.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 6.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Long Forest · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Long Forest
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher than usual share of adults are working or looking for work in Long Forest, where 65.2% of the adult population is active in the labour force. While full-time work is common, the area also faces an unemployment rate of 6.8%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More people here are employed full-time than in most areas, reaching 63.2%, which is well above the national figure of 58.9%. This is despite an unemployment rate of 6.8% that sits a little above both the state and national levels.
65.2% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.5%
- 2016: 59.7%
- 2021: 65.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.2% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.9%
- 2016: 62.1%
- 2021: 63.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 18.4%, followed by education and training at 13% and retail trade at 10.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is varied, with technicians and trades workers making up the largest group at 15.1%. Managers, professionals, and labourers each account for 13% of occupations.
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 Long Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21533/long-forest/topic/employment