5.3% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 5.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Riverton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Riverton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Riverton than in most similar areas. Around 64% of adults are in the labour force, though this is balanced by an unemployment rate of 5.3% which is also higher than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 58.3%, slightly below the Western Australian figure of 60.2%.
64.0% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.0%
- 2016: 61.6%
- 2021: 64.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.3% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.6%
- 2016: 57.3%
- 2021: 58.3%
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 15.3%, followed by education and training at 10.7% and professional and technical services at 9.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common, making up 30.8% of jobs. Other significant roles include technicians and trades at 12.4% and clerical and administrative work at 12.3%.
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 Riverton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51298/riverton/topic/employment