4.6% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Fernvale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Fernvale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Fernvale. The area sees a slightly higher share of full-time employment than the national figure, with 60.7% of the workforce in full-time roles. This local job market is balanced across a range of service and trade sectors.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the Queensland figure of 61.6%. The unemployment rate is 4.6%, which is about the same as the state and national figures but higher than most similar areas.
62.8% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.7%
- 2016: 59.9%
- 2021: 62.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.7% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.5%
- 2016: 61.9%
- 2021: 60.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The largest employment sectors are health care and social assistance at 14.6%, followed by public administration and safety at 10.3%. Construction, retail trade, and manufacturing each employ around 9% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 16.9%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 14.7% and clerical and administrative staff at 14.6%.
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 Fernvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31030/fernvale/topic/employment