4.8% ▲ +27.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
College Grove · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in College Grove
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the top employer in College Grove, where 18.4% of the workforce is employed in this sector. This is a place where fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to most other areas, with only 43.7% in the labour force.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 43.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 57.7%, slightly lower than the Western Australian average of 60.2%.
43.7% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.5%
- 2016: 48.9%
- 2021: 43.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.7% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.9%
- 2016: 61.1%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for workers include health care and social assistance at 18.4%, followed by retail trade at 11.7% and education and training at 9.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most typical occupation at 20.3%, while 14.0% of workers are technicians or tradespeople. Community and personal service workers make up 13.3% of the local workforce.
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 College Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50309/college-grove/topic/employment