4.4% ▲ +74.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Greigs Flat · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Greigs Flat
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Working life in Greigs Flat is defined by a smaller proportion of adults in the workforce compared to other areas. Only 54.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is lower than most areas, sitting at 54.5%. While the unemployment rate of 4.4% is higher than in most similar areas, it remains about the same as the New South Wales figure.
54.5% ▼ -10.7%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.1%
- 2016: 54.7%
- 2021: 54.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.0% ▲ +10.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.6%
- 2016: 43.8%
- 2021: 57.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry here at 14%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing and transport and warehousing, which both account for 11.6% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
A quarter of workers are technicians and tradespeople, and 20.9% are labourers. Managers make up 16.3% 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 Greigs Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11781/greigs-flat/topic/employment