3.6% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Rapid Creek · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Rapid Creek
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Rapid Creek, where 20.9% of workers are in this field. The area has a very strong work rate, with a typical resident far more likely to be working or looking for work than those in the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 75.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure. While 65.6% of people have full-time jobs, the unemployment rate is 3.6%, a little below the figures for both the Territory and Australia.
75.7% ▲ +13.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.4%
- 2016: 68.8%
- 2021: 75.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.6% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.4%
- 2016: 71.4%
- 2021: 65.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, many residents work in public administration and safety (14.4%) or education and training (14.0%). Professional and technical services and retail trade also employ a smaller number of locals.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 38.7%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers (12.5%), managers (12.4%), and clerical and administrative staff (9.8%).
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 Rapid Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70231/rapid-creek/topic/employment