0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Glenroy · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Glenroy
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A massive 15 percentage point gap separates Glenroy from the South Australian average in workforce participation. Most adults here are working or looking for work, and the area has a striking 0.0% unemployment rate. This suggests a highly active local economy centered on primary production.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 75.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. While full-time employment is a little below the state average at 54.9%, the unemployment rate is well below the national figure at 0.0%.
75.4% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 71.8%
- 2021: 75.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.9% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 54.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry for 64.7% of the workforce. Other main employers include manufacturing at 9.8% and retail trade at 7.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Over half of the local workers are managers, accounting for 56.9% of jobs. Labourers make up 15.7% of the workforce, followed by sales workers at 9.8% and clerical or administrative staff at 7.8%.
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 Glenroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40510/glenroy/topic/employment