4.3% ▼ -47.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Forest Grove · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Forest Grove
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A shift in the local workforce is evident in Forest Grove, where more adults are now working or looking for work than in most similar areas. While 64.5% of adults are active in the labour market, full-time employment is far below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 45% of residents are employed full-time, which is far below the 58.9% national average. Despite this, the area has a higher rate of adults working or looking for work than most similar places, and an unemployment rate of 4.3% that is about the same as the state and national figures.
64.5% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.8%
- 2016: 66.2%
- 2021: 64.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
45.0% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 51.3%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry for local workers at 24.4%. Other common sectors include manufacturing at 11.5% and retail trade at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation type at 26.7%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 16.8% and labourers at 14.5%.
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 Forest Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50512/forest-grove/topic/employment