3.0% ▲ +25.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Grasmere · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Grasmere
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A shift in the workforce has seen Grasmere grow since 2011, though it now has a much smaller proportion of working adults than most similar areas. Only 41.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is far below the New South Wales figure, and full-time employment at 52.8% is well below the national average. Despite this, the unemployment rate is 3.0%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
41.3% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.9%
- 2016: 44.4%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.8% ▼ -10.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.1%
- 2016: 62.1%
- 2021: 52.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the biggest employer in the area at 18.0%, followed by education and training at 11.4% and health care and social assistance at 10.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up 20.1% of the local workforce, with managers accounting for 19.4% and clerical or administrative roles at 15.7%.
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 Grasmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11746/grasmere/topic/employment