5.3% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Riverstone · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Riverstone
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults in Riverstone are working or looking for work compared to the rest of New South Wales. Around 64.6% of adults are active in the labour force, which is well above both the state and national figures. This activity is balanced by an unemployment rate of 5.3%, which is about the same as the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 64.6% of adults are working or looking for work, the unemployment rate is 5.3%, which is higher than most similar areas. Full-time employment sits at 57.5%, a little below the Australian figure of 58.9%.
64.6% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.5%
- 2016: 63.4%
- 2021: 64.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.5% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.3%
- 2016: 67.8%
- 2021: 57.5%
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 Riverstone workers at 14.7%, followed by construction at 12.2% and retail trade at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation here, making up 22.4% of the workforce. Clerical and administrative staff (14.9%) and technicians and trades (14.7%) also represent large shares 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 Riverstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13383/riverstone/topic/employment