0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Red Lion · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A tiny fraction of adults in Red Lion are working or looking for work, at just 37.4%. This is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Despite this, the local unemployment rate is a remarkable 0.0%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 32.4% of people have full-time jobs, a figure far below the 59.2% seen across Victoria. This contributes to the low overall proportion of adults working or looking for work, which is among the lowest for similar areas.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
37.4% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
32.4% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several fields, with education and training being the most common industry at 20.6%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing and accommodation and food services each account for 14.7% of jobs.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers and labourers are the most common roles, each making up 29.4% of the workforce. Professionals follow at 26.5%, while machinery operators and drivers account for 17.6%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Red Lion [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22150/red-lion/topic/employment