4.1% ▲ +6.5%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Green Point · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Green Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Green Point, where 18.8% of workers are in this field. This small area has seen a sharp decline in its workforce, with the proportion of adults working or looking for work dropping by 16 points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment has fallen steeply since 2011 to 49.6%, though the unemployment rate remains low at 4.1%.
54.1% ▼ -22.9%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 70.2%
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.6% ▼ -26.4%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 67.4%
- 2016: 47.0%
- 2021: 49.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is most active in health care and social assistance (18.8%) and retail trade (13.7%). Other common industries include construction at 10.3% and education and training at 8.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 18.4%, followed by technicians and trades at 17.1%. Professionals and sales workers also represent a significant portion of the local jobs, at 15.8% and 15.4% respectively.
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 Green Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121045/green-point/topic/employment