4.2% ▲ +19.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Riana · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Riana
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Riana than in most similar areas, with 66.1% of the adult population active in the workforce. This is well above the state and national figures. Full-time employment is also strong, with 59.9% of residents working full-time.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The workforce is particularly active here, sitting well above the Tasmanian figure of 58.2%. Unemployment is low at 4.2%, which is a little below the state average.
66.1% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.7%
- 2016: 62.5%
- 2021: 66.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.9% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.7%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 59.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main industry for Riana, employing 23.5% of the workforce. Other common sectors include retail trade at 9.9% and health care and social assistance at 8.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 22.8%. Clerical and administrative workers and labourers each make up 13.6% of the local workforce.
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 Riana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60550/riana/topic/employment