0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Rich Avon West · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Rich Avon West
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A massive 35 percentage point gap separates Rich Avon West from the national average in terms of adults working or looking for work. This sparsely populated area has a very high workforce participation rate of 96%, yet a tiny proportion of these workers are in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 96% of adults are working or looking for work—far above the Victorian figure of 62.4%—the unemployment rate is well below the national average at 0.0%. However, full-time employment is far below the Australian average, at just 37.5%.
96.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 69.2%
- 2021: 96.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
37.5% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 75% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is largely made up of managers, who account for 54.2% of all occupations in the area.
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 Rich Avon West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22169/rich-avon-west/topic/employment