5.2% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 5.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ferndale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ferndale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Ferndale compared to the state and national figures. While 59.5% of adults are in the workforce, the unemployment rate of 5.2% is higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 59.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 63.9%. Full-time employment sits at 58.2%, slightly lower than the state average.
59.5% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.4%
- 2016: 59.8%
- 2021: 59.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.2% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.6%
- 2016: 61.6%
- 2021: 58.2%
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 for local workers at 15.3%, followed by education and training at 10.3% and retail trade at 9.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 23.7%, while technicians and trades make up 15.0% 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 Ferndale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50502/ferndale/topic/employment