1.7% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ravenswood · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ravenswood
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Ravenswood, where 16.3% of the workforce is employed in these fields. While 63.3% of adults are working or looking for work, full-time employment is far below the national figure at 48.5%. This creates a unique local job market where unemployment is very low at just 1.7%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A little more than 63% of adults are working or looking for work, which is slightly above the national figure. Unemployment is very low at 1.7%, well below both the state and national rates, though full-time work is far below the Victorian average.
63.3% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.2%
- 2016: 66.7%
- 2021: 63.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.5% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.3%
- 2016: 55.8%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance lead the way at 16.3%, followed by construction at 14.6% and retail trade at 10.5%. Manufacturing and professional services also make up a notable part of the local economy.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers and professionals are the most common roles, each making up 19.2% of the workforce. Technicians and trades follow closely at 18%, while clerical and community service roles account for 12.1% and 10.9% respectively.
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 Ravenswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22142/ravenswood/topic/employment