3.0% ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Little Grove · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for people in Little Grove, where 14.6% of the workforce is employed in this sector. While the number of adults working or looking for work is about the same as the national figure, full-time employment is notably lower here than in most other areas.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.6% of adults are working or looking for work, with an unemployment rate of 3.0%, which is a little below the state and national figures. However, full-time employment is well below the national figure at 51.9%.
3.0% ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
61.6% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.9% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance (14.6%) and education and training (11.1%) being the most common, followed by construction at 10.3%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is led by professionals at 20.0% and technicians and trades at 19.5%, while community and personal service roles make up 13.2% of jobs.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Little Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50853/little-grove/topic/employment