7.1% ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 7.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Raymond Terrace · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Raymond Terrace
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 Raymond Terrace, where 14.6% of workers are in this field. While more adults have entered the workforce since 2011, the area still faces a higher unemployment rate than most other similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 55.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure. The unemployment rate is 7.1%, a little above the same figure for New South Wales and Australia.
55.2% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 50.5%
- 2016: 58.0%
- 2021: 55.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.1% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 61.2%
- 2016: 62.2%
- 2021: 57.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local jobs are spread across several sectors, with retail trade at 11.0% and construction at 10.3%. Other common employers include accommodation and food services at 8.3% and manufacturing at 7.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 16.0%. This is followed by community and personal service workers at 14.6%, labourers at 14.2%, and clerical and administrative staff at 12.7%.
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 Raymond Terrace [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113013/raymond-terrace/topic/employment