2.3% ▼ -52.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 2.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Forreston · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Forreston
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people are working or looking for work in Forreston than in most similar areas. This community sees a very high rate of full-time employment at 62%, which is well above the South Australian figure of 57.2%. The local job market is strong, with an unemployment rate of just 2.3%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 64%, which is a little above the national figure of 61.1%. This is mirrored by full-time employment, which sits well above the state average.
64.0% ▼ -8.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.7%
- 2016: 65.4%
- 2021: 64.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.0% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.9%
- 2016: 64.1%
- 2021: 62.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Manufacturing is the most common industry for local workers at 15.7%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.1% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 19.4%, while professionals and technicians and trades each make up around 18% 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 Forreston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40454/forreston/topic/employment