4.5% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Greystanes · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Greystanes
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Greystanes compared to the rest of the country. Only 52.8% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This gap is a defining feature of the local job market.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is at 54.4%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. The unemployment rate is 4.5%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
52.8% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.2%
- 2016: 59.1%
- 2021: 52.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.4% ▼ -16.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.2%
- 2016: 66.1%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers here at 12.5%, followed by construction at 10.8% and retail trade at 9.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 21.0%, while 18.8% of workers hold clerical and administrative positions.
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 Greystanes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11787/greystanes/topic/employment