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Big Grove · Suburb / Locality

Jobs & Industry in Big Grove

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Big Grove than in most similar areas. Only 46.1% of adults are active in the labour force, and the area faces a significant challenge with an unemployment rate of 13.8%. This is well above the 5.1% recorded for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.

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📍 Big Grove, Suburb / Locality

Where Big Grove sits — Unemployment rate

13.8% ▲ —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Big Grove — higher than 95% of areas.

Big Grove13.8%
6330, WA 3.9%
Western Australia 5.1%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Full-time employment is far below the state figure, with only 50% of the population working full-time. This contributes to the area's overall low labour force participation, which sits 15 points below the national average.

Unemployment rate

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13.8% ▲ —

Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.

Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).

Labour-force participation

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46.1% ▼ -11.1%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.

Employed full-time

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50.0% ▼ -6.7%

Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of employed people who worked full-time.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Employment is spread across several sectors, with construction, accommodation and food, and health care and social assistance each accounting for 11.3% of jobs. Agriculture, forestry and fishing and manufacturing both make up 8.8% of the workforce.

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professionals and managers are the most common roles at 20% and 18.8% respectively. They are followed by machinery operators and drivers and labourers, who each make up 17.5% of the local workforce.

Occupations people work in

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Big Grove splits fairly evenly between Professionals (19%) and Managers (18%), with Machinery operators & drivers at 17%.

Professionals 20.0% Managers 18.8% Machinery operators & drivers 17.5% Labourers 17.5% Technicians & trades 16.3% Community & personal service 7.5% Sales workers 6.3%

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 Big Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50121/big-grove/topic/employment