5.2% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 5.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Rivervale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Rivervale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A strong 71.1% of adults in Rivervale are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure. The area has a high rate of full-time employment, though the unemployment rate is higher than in most other similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is much higher than most areas at 64.9%, sitting well above the Western Australian figure of 60.2%. However, the unemployment rate of 5.2% is higher than in most similar areas.
71.1% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.6%
- 2016: 63.1%
- 2021: 71.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.9% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.4%
- 2016: 65.0%
- 2021: 64.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here at 12.9%, followed by professional and technical services at 9.6% and mining at 8.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
About one in four residents are professionals (25.5%), while technicians and tradespeople make up the next largest group at 14.5%.
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 Rivervale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51299/rivervale/topic/employment