4.5% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Greenhill · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment patterns in Greenhill have shifted over the last decade, with a workforce that is now more active than in most other areas. Around 71.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above both the state and national figures. However, full-time roles are less common here than in typical Australian suburbs.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 71.6% of adults are in the workforce, only 55.1% are employed full-time, which is well below the Australian figure of 58.9%. The unemployment rate is 4.5%, which is higher than in most similar areas but about the same as the state and national averages.
4.5% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
71.6% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.1% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 15.7%, followed by education and training at 10.6% and professional and technical services at 10.2%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are very common here, making up 35.8% of occupations. This is accompanied by a high number of managers at 18.1% and clerical or administrative workers at 14.6%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Greenhill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40535/greenhill/topic/employment