13.3% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Riverview · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Riverview
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high unemployment rate of 13.3% is a defining feature for Riverview, which ranks among the highest for its area type. While many of those in work are employed full-time, far fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 42.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. This helps explain why the local unemployment rate is well above the national figure of 5.1%.
42.5% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.3%
- 2016: 41.1%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.1% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.5%
- 2016: 59.2%
- 2021: 58.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split evenly between manufacturing and health care and social assistance, each employing 14.1% of people, followed by retail trade at 8.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common occupation at 18.9%, with machinery operators and drivers also making up a large share at 15.6%.
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 Riverview [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32442/riverview/topic/employment