0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ruabon · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
One in five workers in Ruabon are managers, marking this as the most common occupation in the area. The local workforce is very active, with a far higher proportion of adults working or looking for work than in the rest of Australia.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 73.5% of adults are working or looking for work—well above the national figure—full-time employment is far below the state average at 38.0%. Notably, the unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below both the state and national rates.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
73.5% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
38.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is split evenly between agriculture, forestry and fishing and construction, with both accounting for 14.0% of the workforce. Administrative and support services follow at 10.0%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up 20.0% of the local workforce, followed by clerical and administrative roles at 18.0%. Community and personal service workers account for 12.0% of jobs here.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Ruabon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51315/ruabon/topic/employment