6.6% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 6.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Runcorn · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Runcorn
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Runcorn than in most similar areas. While 65.2% of adults are active in the labour force, the local unemployment rate of 6.6% is much higher than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is more common here than in the state, at 65.2%. However, the unemployment rate is a little above the national figure at 6.6%, and full-time employment is well below the Australian average at 55.9%.
65.2% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.9%
- 2016: 63.7%
- 2021: 65.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.9% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.6%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 55.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The largest industry for local workers is health care and social assistance at 14.4%, followed by retail trade at 9.6% and accommodation and food services at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the biggest group of workers at 23.3%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 13.2% and clerical and administrative positions at 12.0%.
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 Runcorn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32491/runcorn/topic/employment