2.4% ▼ -63.7%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 2.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Fairy Hill · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Fairy Hill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Fairy Hill (L) compared to the national figure. Only 49% of adults are in the labour force, a figure that has dropped 12 points since 2011. However, those who are looking for work find it relatively easy, with a very low unemployment rate of 2.4%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 52.9%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58%. This follows a downward trend, as the proportion of full-time workers fell 4.7 points since 2011.
49.0% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.6%
- 2016: 54.3%
- 2021: 49.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.9% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 52.1%
- 2021: 52.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with retail trade being the most common at 16.0%, followed by health care and social assistance at 14.3% and manufacturing at 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 21.0%, while sales workers make up 16.8% and managers account for 16.0% 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 Fairy Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122056/fairy-hill/topic/employment