4.4% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Rowville · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Rowville
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Rowville, where 12.6% of the workforce is employed. The area has a very strong employment profile, with a much higher proportion of adults working or looking for work than in most other similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A high number of adults are active in the workforce here, at 68.0%, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also common, with 61.9% of residents working full-time, a figure slightly above the state average.
68.0% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.7%
- 2016: 68.9%
- 2021: 68.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.9% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.0%
- 2016: 62.2%
- 2021: 61.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the rest of the local economy is split across retail trade (11.8%), construction (10.2%), manufacturing (9.7%), and education and training (8.6%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation for residents at 23.2%, followed by clerical and administrative staff at 15.3% and managers at 14.3%.
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 Rowville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22207/rowville/topic/employment