0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Rhymney · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A zero per cent unemployment rate defines the workforce in Rhymney. This sparsely populated area sees far more of its adults working or looking for work than the national figure, with a strong focus on agriculture and management roles.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 68.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above both the Victorian figure and the Australian average. Full-time employment sits at 59.4%, roughly the same as the rest of the country.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
68.1% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.4% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main industry here, employing 34.4% of the workforce. Other common sectors include education and training at 21.9% and retail trade at 15.6%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 31.3%. Sales workers follow at 15.6%, while professionals account for 12.5% and labourers make up 9.4% of the local workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Rhymney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22165/rhymney/topic/employment