13.2% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 13.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ravenswood · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ravenswood
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A stark 13.2% unemployment rate marks the workforce in Ravenswood, which is well above the national figure of 5.1%. While many residents are employed full-time, a very small proportion of adults are actually working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 34.0% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the New South Wales rate of 58.7%. However, those who are employed are most likely to be in full-time roles, at 69.9%, which is far above the national average.
34.0% ▼ -28.9%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.9%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
69.9% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.1%
- 2016: 64.7%
- 2021: 69.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is led by agriculture, forestry and fishing, where 19.5% of workers are employed. Health care and social assistance also make up a significant portion of the workforce at 16.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common workers at 15.9%, followed by managers and machinery operators and drivers, who both account for 13.3% of the local workforce.
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 Ravenswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13334/ravenswood/topic/employment