0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Grassmere · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Grassmere
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A zero per cent unemployment rate defines the local workforce in Grassmere, where almost everyone who can work is doing so. This creates a highly active community with 71.4% of adults working or looking for work, a figure far above the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working life is stable here, with 60.6% of residents in full-time roles, which is a little above the national figure. This high level of employment helps explain why the unemployment rate is so much lower than in most other areas.
71.4% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.5%
- 2016: 71.9%
- 2021: 71.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.6% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.8%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 60.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer at 22.5%, followed by health care and social assistance at 12.2% and education and training at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest share of the workforce at 30.5%, while 16% of residents work as professionals and 12.2% as technicians and tradespeople.
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 Grassmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21092/grassmere/topic/employment