4.6% ▲ +24.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Greenwood · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Greenwood
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Greenwood than in most similar areas. While 66.2% of adults are in the labour force, the unemployment rate is 4.6%, which is higher than most other areas of this type.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 58.7%, which is a little below the Western Australian average of 60.2%.
66.2% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.4%
- 2016: 66.4%
- 2021: 66.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.7% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.5%
- 2016: 59.3%
- 2021: 58.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for residents at 13.9%, followed by construction at 12.8% and education and training at 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 25.6%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 16.6% and clerical and administrative staff at 14.2%.
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 Greenwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50587/greenwood/topic/employment