4.0% ▲ +124.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Rowsley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Rowsley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A low rate of employment shapes daily life in Rowsley, where only 55.6% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well below the national figure of 61.1%, though the unemployment rate is 4.0%, which is a little below the Australian average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is well below the Victorian average, and full-time employment at 56.4% is also a little below the state and national figures.
55.6% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.6%
- 2016: 67.7%
- 2021: 55.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.4% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.8%
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 14.9%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 20.2%, with managers and technicians or trades also common, accounting for 18.1% and 17.0% respectively.
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 Rowsley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22206/rowsley/topic/employment