3.5% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Fisher · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Fisher
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher proportion of people are in full-time work in Fisher than in most other Australian areas. While 63.5% of the workforce is employed full-time, the area's overall activity levels remain well above the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1% but well below the ACT's 69.6%. The unemployment rate is 3.5%, slightly lower than the national average.
64.3% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.6%
- 2016: 62.2%
- 2021: 64.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.5% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.0%
- 2016: 63.2%
- 2021: 63.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Public administration and safety is the dominant industry for local workers at 30.5%. Other common sectors include health care and social assistance at 13.0% and education and training at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 33.1%, followed by managers at 19.4%. Clerical and administrative roles account for 14.4% 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 Fisher [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80053/fisher/topic/employment