3.0% ▼ -43.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Grong Grong · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Grong Grong
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly half of all workers in Grong Grong are employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. This makes the town a major farming hub where 64.8% of the workforce holds a full-time job, a figure well above the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure. The unemployment rate is low at 3.0%, sitting a little below both the state and national rates.
61.7% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.5%
- 2016: 64.5%
- 2021: 61.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.8% ▼ -14.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 75.7%
- 2016: 67.2%
- 2021: 64.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry, employing 48.4% of people. Other common sectors include public administration and safety at 9.4%, followed by transport and warehousing at 7.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 42.2%. Labourers account for 15.6% of the workforce, while clerical and administrative roles make up 14.8%.
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 Grong Grong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11790/grong-grong/topic/employment