5.9% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 5.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Rockbank · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Rockbank
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Transport and warehousing is the biggest employer in Rockbank, where 13.9% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area has a very active workforce, with 69.5% of adults working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 69.5% of adults here are working or looking for work, a rate well above Victoria's 62.4%. While full-time employment is a little above the national figure at 61.6%, the unemployment rate is 5.9%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
69.5% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.2%
- 2016: 51.5%
- 2021: 69.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.6% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2016: 57.0%
- 2021: 61.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Transport and warehousing leads the local workforce at 13.9%, followed by health care and social assistance at 12.6% and construction at 11.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Machinery operators and drivers make up the largest occupational group at 16.6%, followed closely by professionals at 16.4% and clerical and administrative workers at 13.4%.
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 Rockbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22186/rockbank/topic/employment