3.8% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Farrer · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Farrer
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much higher full-time employment rates than most similar areas define the workforce in Farrer. While 64% of workers hold full-time roles, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is 60.2%. This reflects a community where those in the workforce are typically employed in stable, full-time positions.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the ACT figure of 69.6%. The unemployment rate is 3.8%, a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
60.2% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.0%
- 2016: 63.8%
- 2021: 60.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.0% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.6%
- 2016: 63.1%
- 2021: 64.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Public administration and safety is the main employer for 30.8% of residents. Health care and social assistance (13%) and professional and technical services (11.8%) also employ significant numbers of people.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common, accounting for 32% of jobs, followed by managers at 22.3%. Clerical and administrative positions make up another 13.2% 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 Farrer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80052/farrer/topic/employment