2.9% ▼ -52.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 2.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Greenough · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Greenough
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A low unemployment rate of 2.9% marks the local job market in Greenough, where job seekers find work more often than in the state or national average. While the workforce is stable, the typical employment profile is spread across diverse sectors from healthcare to farming.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Western Australian figure. Full-time employment sits at 57.9%, slightly lower than the state average.
60.5% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.8%
- 2016: 58.3%
- 2021: 60.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.9% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.8%
- 2016: 57.3%
- 2021: 57.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Healthcare and social assistance is the most common industry at 12.8%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing and education and training, which both account for 9.8% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 18.9%, with technicians and trades people following closely at 16.5%.
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 Greenough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50586/greenough/topic/employment