2.0% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Botanic Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Botanic Ridge
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 18 percentage points separates Botanic Ridge from the national figure for adults working or looking for work. This area has a very active workforce, where 79.6% of adults are employed or seeking a job. It is a highly employed community with a very low unemployment rate of just 2%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Most workers here are in full-time roles, with 63.2% of the workforce employed full-time. This is well above the 59.2% seen across Victoria. The local unemployment rate of 2.0% is well below both the state and national figures.
79.6% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 83.8%
- 2016: 80.0%
- 2021: 79.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.2% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.1%
- 2016: 66.5%
- 2021: 63.2%
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 17.2%, followed by health care and social assistance at 14.0%. Other key sectors include retail trade at 9.4% and education and training at 8.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common at 17.8%, while technicians and trades follow closely at 17.6%. Clerical and administrative positions make up 15.5% of the workforce, with managers accounting for 13.3%.
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 Botanic Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20307/botanic-ridge/topic/employment