0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Green Pigeon · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment patterns have shifted in Green Pigeon, where the local workforce now shows a strong presence in health and management. While few people are without work, only about half of the adults are currently working or looking for a job. This is well below the national figure.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 50.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Australian average of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas at 50.7%, though the unemployment rate is remarkably low at 0.0%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
50.3% ▲ +8.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.7% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 20.0%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 16.0% and transport and warehousing at 12.0%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 21.3%, while professionals and labourers each account for 17.3% of the local workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Green Pigeon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11759/green-pigeon/topic/employment