0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Reefton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Reefton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Very few adults are working or looking for work in Reefton, with only 34.6% in the labour force. This is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Despite this low participation, the local unemployment rate is a striking 0.0%, which is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 42.3% of residents are employed full-time, a figure that is far below the 58.9% national average and among the lowest for similar areas.
34.6% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 53.7%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
42.3% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.1%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Transport and warehousing is the most common industry here at 19.2%, followed by manufacturing at 15.4% and health care and social assistance at 11.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 30.8%, while technicians and trades and labourers each make up 26.9% of the 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 Reefton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22159/reefton/topic/employment