8.6% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 8.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Granville · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Granville
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 11 percentage points separates Granville from the national figure for adults working or looking for work. While 50.5% of adults are in the workforce, the area struggles with an unemployment rate of 8.6%, which is well above the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment has fallen 10 points since 2011 to 55.0%, a figure well below the state and national averages. This shift aligns with a general decline in the proportion of adults working or looking for work, which is now much lower than most similar areas.
50.5% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 53.8%
- 2016: 56.3%
- 2021: 50.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.0% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 65.2%
- 2016: 64.1%
- 2021: 55.0%
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 local workers at 14.6%, followed by retail trade at 10.2% and professional and technical services at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
About a quarter of the workforce are professionals (25.2%), while clerical and administrative roles are the next most common occupation at 14.4%.
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 Granville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10032/granville/topic/employment