1.9% ▼ -81.8%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 1.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Red Rock · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Red Rock
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Red Rock compared to the rest of the country. Only 45.3% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure. Despite this, those who are employed enjoy a very low unemployment rate of 1.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the state average at 48.4%. While fewer people are working overall, the unemployment rate of 1.9% is well below both New South Wales and Australia.
45.3% ▲ +1.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.5%
- 2016: 50.1%
- 2021: 45.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.4% ▲ +22.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.6%
- 2016: 50.3%
- 2021: 48.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry here at 17.2%, followed by accommodation and food services at 15.3%. Other notable sectors include health care and social assistance at 10.8% and public administration and safety at 8.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
About one in five workers are professionals (19.7%). Other common roles include technicians and trades at 15.9%, labourers at 14.0%, and clerical or administrative staff at 12.7%.
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 Red Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13347/red-rock/topic/employment