4.0% ▼ -38.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Rushworth · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Rushworth
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 40.2% of adults in Rushworth are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average. This low rate of employment is a defining feature of the local workforce, though the unemployment rate of 4.0% remains about the same as the state figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is much lower than most areas at 51.6%, which is well below the Victorian average of 59.2%. This contributes to a total workforce that is far below the national figure.
40.2% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.9%
- 2016: 41.9%
- 2021: 40.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.6% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.0%
- 2016: 52.5%
- 2021: 51.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 14.8%, closely followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 14.0%. Manufacturing and retail trade both employ 9.7% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common occupation at 19.9%, followed by managers at 14.4% and professionals at 12.7%. Community and personal service roles, along with clerical and administrative jobs, each make up 10.6% of the local workforce.
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 Rushworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22215/rushworth/topic/employment