4.2% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Orange Grove · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Orange Grove
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Orange Grove compared to the state and national figures. While 58.7% of adults are in the labour force, those who do have jobs are often in full-time roles, with 60.3% of the workforce employed full-time.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is well below the Western Australian figure. The unemployment rate is 4.2%, which is about the same as the state and national figures, though this is higher than most similar areas.
58.7% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.6%
- 2016: 58.6%
- 2021: 58.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.3% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.5%
- 2016: 58.1%
- 2021: 60.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the biggest employer in the area at 13.6%, followed by transport and warehousing at 10.0% and health care and social assistance at 8.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in five workers are technicians or tradespeople, which is the most common occupation. Machinery operators and drivers make up 16.1% of the workforce, followed by professionals at 15.3%.
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 Orange Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51185/orange-grove/topic/employment