0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Forrestania · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Forrestania
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A near-perfect employment rate marks Forrestania, where everyone who is working or looking for work is currently employed. This small area sees a far higher proportion of full-time workers than the national figure, with 75% of the workforce in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Every single adult here is either working or looking for work, which is far above the 61.1% national figure. Unemployment is well below the Australian rate of 5.1%, sitting at 0.0%.
100.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 75.6%
- 2021: 100.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
75.0% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 97.1%
- 2021: 75.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the dominant industry for workers in Forrestania, accounting for 60.7% of jobs, followed by construction at 21.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is mostly made up of technicians and trades people at 21.4%, machinery operators and drivers at 17.9%, and labourers at 14.3%.
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 Forrestania [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50516/forrestania/topic/employment