4.4% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Grovedale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Grovedale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Grovedale, where 18.6% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The local job market sees a lower proportion of people working full-time compared to both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little below the national figure. Full-time employment is well below the Victoria average at 54.4%, while the unemployment rate of 4.4% is higher than in most similar areas.
59.2% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.2%
- 2016: 58.3%
- 2021: 59.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.4% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.8%
- 2016: 56.3%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade (12.5%) and construction (11.8%) are the next biggest employers after health care. Education and training also account for a significant 10.0% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest occupational group at 19.9%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 16.1%, and community and personal service workers at 14.9%.
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 Grovedale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21114/grovedale/topic/employment