3.9% ▼ -49.4%
Lower than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ferny Grove · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Ferny Grove
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Ferny Grove, where 15.1% of workers are in this field. This is a hardworking area where 69.3% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above the national average. Employment has grown steadily over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, with a rate well above the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment has risen to 61.3% since 2011, while the unemployment rate has fallen significantly to 3.9%, which is much lower than most areas.
69.3% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 60.2%
- 2016: 59.3%
- 2021: 69.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.3% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 57.1%
- 2016: 56.4%
- 2021: 61.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is largely employed in health care and social assistance (15.1%) and public administration and safety (13.7%). Other common industries include professional and technical services at 11.0% and education and training at 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 31.6% of workers. Managers make up 14.3% of the workforce, followed by clerical and administrative staff at 13.6% and community and personal service workers at 12.2%.
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 Ferny Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30026/ferny-grove/topic/employment