3.0% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Forrest · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Forrest
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher proportion of people work full-time in Forrest compared to the rest of the country. This 71.4% full-time employment rate is well above the territory figure and far above the national average, marking it as a hub of professional activity.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 68.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure, the unemployment rate is 3.0%. This is about the same as the territory average and a little below the national rate.
68.1% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.4%
- 2016: 65.8%
- 2021: 68.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
71.4% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.9%
- 2016: 69.7%
- 2021: 71.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Public administration and safety is the dominant industry here, employing 33.0% of the workforce. Other major sectors include professional and technical services at 15.5% and health care and social assistance at 13.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is heavily skewed toward high-level roles, with professionals making up 42.5% of workers and managers accounting for another 26.5%. Clerical and administrative roles follow at 12.4%.
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 Forrest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80057/forrest/topic/employment