5.7% ▲ +281.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ravensbourne · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ravensbourne
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A smaller share of adults are working or looking for work in Ravensbourne compared to most areas. While full-time employment for those working is steady, the area faces a much higher unemployment rate than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 56% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is 5.7%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
56.0% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.9%
- 2016: 57.3%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.1% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.4%
- 2016: 60.9%
- 2021: 59.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Ravensbourne is split primarily between agriculture, forestry and fishing at 24.2%, and health care and social assistance at 21.2%. Other common sectors include education and training at 9.1% and mining at 5.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 26.5%, followed closely by professionals at 25%. Clerical and administrative roles account for 14.4% 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 Ravensbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32395/ravensbourne/topic/employment