3.4% ▲ —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Riverside · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Riverside
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 Riverside than in most similar areas. While the unemployment rate is a little below the national figure at 3.4%, the proportion of people employed full-time is well below the New South Wales average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 47.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Australian figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the state average at 54.4%.
47.4% ▲ +4.4%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.4%
- 2016: 45.8%
- 2021: 47.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.4% ▲ +2.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.2%
- 2016: 54.5%
- 2021: 54.4%
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 workers here at 15.8%, followed by construction at 14.0% and education and training at 11.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly a quarter of workers are in clerical and administrative roles. Other common occupations include managers at 14.9% and professionals at 12.3%.
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 Riverside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13382/riverside/topic/employment