4.0% ▲ +85.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Raworth · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Raworth
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Raworth than in the rest of New South Wales. This creates a strong local workforce, where 71.3% of adults are active in the labour market compared to just 58.7% across the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is common here, with 60.3% of the workforce in full-time roles, which is a little above the national figure. The unemployment rate is 4.0%, about the same as the state average.
71.3% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.4%
- 2016: 67.1%
- 2021: 71.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.3% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.1%
- 2016: 62.5%
- 2021: 60.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employer in Raworth is health care and social assistance at 15.6%, followed by retail trade at 10.5% and construction at 9.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 17.6%, while technicians and tradespeople account for 15.7% 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 Raworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13338/raworth/topic/employment