3.5% ▲ +42.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Richmond · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Richmond
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Local employment patterns in Richmond (Tas.) have remained steady since 2011. The area maintains a strong working population, with 58.4% of adults working or looking for work. This is about the same as the Tasmanian average, though slightly lower than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 3.5%, which is a little below both the state figure of 5.9% and the national rate of 5.1%. Full-time employment sits at 56.6%, slightly above the Tasmanian average.
58.4% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.0%
- 2016: 59.3%
- 2021: 58.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.6% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.4%
- 2016: 54.6%
- 2021: 56.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 12.4%, followed closely by health care and social assistance at 12.0% and education and training at 10.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 22.5%, while managers account for 20.0% of the local workforce. Technicians and tradespeople follow at 14.9%.
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 Richmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60551/richmond/topic/employment