4.6% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Riverside · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Riverside
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Riverside than in most similar areas. While 61.7% of adults are in the workforce, an unemployment rate of 4.6% is higher than the usual figure for nearby places. This workforce is heavily concentrated in the health, education, and professional sectors.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 61.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 58.2%. However, full-time employment at 55.3% is well below the national average of 58.9%.
61.7% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.2%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 61.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.3% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.7%
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 55.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer here, making up 19.3% of jobs. Education and training follows at 12.3%, while retail trade, construction, and hospitality each employ between 8% and 10% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
A quarter of the local workforce are professionals, which is the most common job type. This is followed by technicians, trades, and community service workers, who each make up 13.6% of occupations.
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 Riverside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60557/riverside/topic/employment