0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Granite Rock · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Granite Rock
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Construction is the most common industry for workers in Granite Rock, where 14.1% of the workforce is employed in this sector. This is a small, sparsely populated area with a remarkably low unemployment rate of 0.0%. While about 61.6% of adults are working or looking for work, full-time employment is far below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below both the state and national figures. However, only 38.5% of the population is employed full-time, a figure far below the 58.9% seen across Australia.
61.6% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.0%
- 2016: 61.1%
- 2021: 61.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
38.5% ▼ -30.4%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.4%
- 2016: 58.7%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the largest employer at 14.1%, followed by health care and social assistance at 12.6%. Manufacturing and retail trade each account for 11.9% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are in community and personal service at 16.3%. Technicians and trades follow at 14.8%, while professionals and labourers both make up 12.6% of workers.
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 Granite Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21088/granite-rock/topic/employment