1.3% ▲ —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Main Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Main Ridge
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture and farming are the biggest employers in Main Ridge, where nearly 15% of workers are in this sector. This rural area has a very low unemployment rate of 1.3%, which is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 56.3% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below the Victorian average. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas at 49.8%.
56.3% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.1%
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 56.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.8% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.6%
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 49.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split across several fields, with 14.7% in agriculture, forestry and fishing, and 14.2% in professional and technical roles. Health care and social assistance employ 13.3% of residents.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 28.9%, followed closely by managers at 28.0%. Technicians and trades workers account for 12.9% 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 Main Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21578/main-ridge/topic/employment