2.6% ▼ -62.1%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 2.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Richmond Hill · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Richmond Hill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More than one in five workers in Richmond Hill (L) are employed in health care and social assistance. This is the area's most common industry, supporting a workforce where a very high proportion of adults are working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A high 63.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure. The unemployment rate is also very low at 2.6%, falling 4.3 points since 2011.
63.4% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.6%
- 2016: 43.7%
- 2021: 63.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.1% ▲ +13.0%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 48.8%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 55.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the main employer at 21.1%, followed by education and training at 15.8% and retail trade at 11.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 25.8% of workers, while clerical and administrative positions make up 16.9% 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 Richmond Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121098/richmond-hill/topic/employment