3.4% ▼ -28.0%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Little Grove · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Little Grove
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 9 percentage points separates Little Grove from the Western Australian average for full-time employment. While the local unemployment rate is low at 3.4%, full-time work has fallen sharply by 17 points since 2011. This creates a workforce where fewer people are in permanent full-time roles compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is now at 51.2%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
59.7% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 59.2%
- 2021: 59.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.2% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 67.8%
- 2016: 52.6%
- 2021: 51.2%
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 14.1%, followed by education and training at 10.4% and construction at 10.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 20.0%, closely followed by technicians and trades at 19.6%.
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 Little Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515021/little-grove/topic/employment