5.5% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 5.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Liberty Grove · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Liberty Grove compared to the rest of the state. This is a high-employment area where 68.7% of adults are active in the labour force. Full-time work is especially common, with 64.1% of residents in full-time roles.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working rates are well above the national figure, though the unemployment rate of 5.5% is about the same as for Australia and New South Wales. The area's strong employment is seen in the 64.1% of people in full-time work, which is much higher than most similar areas.
5.5% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
68.7% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.1% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
People here primarily work in professional and technical services at 13.4%, followed by health care and social assistance at 12.0% and finance and insurance at 11.8%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 39.6%, which helps explain the high concentration of professional and technical industry jobs. Managers make up 17.1% of the workforce, while clerical and administrative staff account for 14.5%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Liberty Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12324/liberty-grove/topic/employment