3.3% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Griffith · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Griffith
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Public administration and safety is the dominant industry for workers in Griffith, with 39% of the local workforce employed in this sector. This creates a highly active professional hub where 71.6% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far above the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is very common here at 71.5%, which is well above the ACT figure and far above the national average. The unemployment rate is 3.3%, which is about the same as the territory level and a little below the national figure.
71.6% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.0%
- 2016: 65.5%
- 2021: 71.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
71.5% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.1%
- 2016: 75.1%
- 2021: 71.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond the heavy concentration in public administration and safety, 14% of the workforce is employed in professional and technical fields. Health care and social assistance follows at 9.4%, with education and training making up 7.8% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is largely high-skilled, with professionals making up 41.7% of occupations and managers accounting for 23%. Clerical and administrative roles represent 11.6% of the remaining jobs.
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 Griffith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80067/griffith/topic/employment