3.8% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Riverview · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Riverview
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high proportion of working adults define the daily life of Riverview, where 65.7% of adults are employed or seeking work. This is well above the New South Wales figure, creating a workforce that is more active than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is common here at 61.4%, which is well above the state average. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is 3.8%, slightly lower than the national figure of 5.1%.
65.7% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 61.4%
- 2021: 65.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.4% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 63.3%
- 2021: 61.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the biggest employer at 18.1%. Other common industries include health care and social assistance at 13.5%, and finance and insurance at 12.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is heavily weighted toward high-level roles, with professionals making up 41.7% of jobs and managers accounting for another 25.2%.
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 Riverview [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13385/riverview/topic/employment