How to group data in Angular 2?

How can I group data in Angular 2 with TypeScript. I am aware that this is done using "group by" filter in Angular 1.X, but not getting how to group data in Angular 2. I have this array:

import {Employee} from './employee';
        export var employees: Employee[];
        employees = [
            { id: 1, firstName: "John", lastName: "Sonmez", department: 1, age: 24, address: "24/7, Working hours apartment, Cal. US", contactNumber: "+968546215789" },
            { id: 2, firstName: "Mark", lastName: "Seaman", department: 2, age: 25, address: "32-C, Happy apartments, Block-9C, Cal. US", contactNumber: "+968754216984" },
            { id: 3, firstName: "Jamie", lastName: "King", department: 3, age: 32, address: "54/II, Glorydale apartment, Cal. US", contactNumber: "+967421896326" },

            { id: 5, firstName: "Jacob", lastName: "Ridley", department: 5, age: 24, address: "24/7, Working hours apartment, Cal. US", contactNumber: "+968546215789" },
            { id: 6, firstName: "Peter", lastName: "Parker", department: 3, age: 25, address: "32-C, Happy apartments, Block-9C, Cal. US", contactNumber: "+968754216984" },
            { id: 7, firstName: "Martin", lastName: "Luther", department: 4, age: 32, address: "54/II, Glorydale apartment, Cal. US", contactNumber: "+967421896326" },
            { id: 8, firstName: "Raghav", lastName: "Kumar", department: 1, age: 34, address: "51/C Shivalik, Cal. US", contactNumber: "+967842569842" },

            { id: 9, firstName: "Narayan", lastName: "Sonmez", department: 3, age: 24, address: "24/7, Working hours apartment, Cal. US", contactNumber: "+968546215789" },
            { id: 10, firstName: "Russell", lastName: "Andre", department: 2, age: 25, address: "32-C, Happy apartments, Block-9C, Cal. US", contactNumber: "+968754216984" },
            { id: 11, firstName: "Ramona", lastName: "King", department: 4, age: 32, address: "54/II, Glorydale apartment, Cal. US", contactNumber: "+967421896326" },
            { id: 12, firstName: "Andre", lastName: "Russell", department: 1, age: 34, address: "51/C Shivalik, Cal. US", contactNumber: "+967842569842" },

            { id: 13, firstName: "Nathan", lastName: "Leon", department: 1, age: 24, address: "24/7, Working hours apartment, Cal. US", contactNumber: "+968546215789" },
            { id: 14, firstName: "Brett", lastName: "Lee", department: 5, age: 25, address: "32-C, Happy apartments, Block-9C, Cal. US", contactNumber: "+968754216984" },
            { id: 15, firstName: "Tim", lastName: "Cook", department: 2, age: 32, address: "54/II, Glorydale apartment, Cal. US", contactNumber: "+967421896326" },
            { id: 16, firstName: "Steve", lastName: "Jobs", department: 5, age: 34, address: "51/C Shivalik, Cal. US", contactNumber: "+967842569842" }
        ];

and I am looking to count the employees by department, like

Department 1 has 4 employees

and so on.

Joining the department id with actual department (so that I can get the department name) is another story I need to figure out.

I would create a custom pipe to do that as described below:

@Pipe({name: 'groupBy'})
export class GroupByPipe implements PipeTransform {
  transform(value: Array<any>, field: string): Array<any> {
    const groupedObj = value.reduce((prev, cur)=> {
      (prev[cur[field]] = prev[cur[field]] || []).push(cur);
      return prev;
    }, {});
    return Object.keys(groupedObj).map(key => ({ key, value: groupedObj[key] }));
  }
}

And then on your template you can write:

<div *ngFor="let item of employees | groupBy: 'department'">
  Department {{ item.key }} has {{ item.value.length }} employees
</div>

See also corresponding plunker https://plnkr.co/edit/49fWY1rMbSZtNQ3H