3.6% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Forestville · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Forestville
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Forestville than the state or national average. This activity is reflected in a strong employment rate, where 72% of adults are in the labour force. This is 12 points above the South Australian figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 72% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 59.5%, and the unemployment rate is 3.6%, slightly lower than both the state and national rates.
72.0% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.0%
- 2016: 68.8%
- 2021: 72.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.5% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.0%
- 2016: 58.2%
- 2021: 59.5%
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 19.8%, followed by education and training at 12.1% and professional and technical services at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are common here, making up 40.2% of jobs. Managers account for 13.2%, while clerical and administrative roles make up 11.7% of the 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 Forestville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40453/forestville/topic/employment