2.3% ▼ -27.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Richmond · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Richmond
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Richmond than in most similar areas. The local job market is very strong, with 76.4% of adults active in the workforce and an unemployment rate of just 2.3%, which is well below the Queensland figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Employment is high here, with 67.2% of people working full-time, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This helps explain why the unemployment rate is lower than most other areas.
76.4% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 75.4%
- 2016: 76.1%
- 2021: 76.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.2% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.8%
- 2016: 68.2%
- 2021: 67.2%
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 18.7%, followed by mining at 14.5% and education and training at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common at 22.9%, while technicians and trades workers make up another 20.2% 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 Richmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32424/richmond/topic/employment