9.2% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 9.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Granville · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Granville
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A 9.2% unemployment rate is well above the national figure in Granville, marking it as an area where finding work is much harder than in most other places. Only about half of the adults here work full-time, and the overall number of people working or looking for work is notably lower than across New South Wales.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common for only 53.5% of adults, which is well below the Australian figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also far below the national average at 48.7%.
53.5% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.7%
- 2016: 58.6%
- 2021: 53.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.7% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.2%
- 2016: 59.9%
- 2021: 48.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 17.1%, followed by retail trade at 11.3% and accommodation and food services at 9.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in five workers is a professional, while labourers make up 15.8% of the local workforce. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 13.1% and clerical staff at 11.3%.
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 Granville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11745/granville/topic/employment