4.5% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ferny Grove · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ferny Grove
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Ferny Grove than in most similar areas. While 64.6% of adults are active in the labour force, the area's unemployment rate of 4.5% is higher than the usual figure for similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64.6% of adults here are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 59.1%, almost exactly the same as the Queensland and Australian rates.
64.6% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.5%
- 2016: 66.5%
- 2021: 64.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.1% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.1%
- 2016: 62.8%
- 2021: 59.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 15.5%, followed by public administration and safety at 11.7%. Education and training also employ a significant 11.6% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 28.7%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative staff at 15.3% and managers at 12.9%.
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 Ferny Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31032/ferny-grove/topic/employment