3.3% ▼ -22.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Upper Ferntree Gully · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Upper Ferntree Gully
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Upper Ferntree Gully than in most similar areas. While 66.4% of adults are active in the labour force, the unemployment rate is a little below the national figure at 3.3%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 66.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment for 56.6% of residents is a little below the national level.
66.4% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.5%
- 2016: 64.3%
- 2021: 66.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.6% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.3%
- 2016: 60.4%
- 2021: 56.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 15.0%, followed by construction at 12.9% and education and training at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 25.6%, while technicians and trades people account for 15.3% 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 Upper Ferntree Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22614/upper-ferntree-gully/topic/employment