6.6% ▲ +26.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 6.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Park Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Park Ridge
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 Park Ridge, where 15.2% of workers are in this field. While more people here have full-time jobs than in most similar areas, the unemployment rate is much higher than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the national figure. Full-time employment is a little above the state average at 61.1%, though the unemployment rate is a little above Australia's 5.1% at 6.6%.
60.3% ▲ +43.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.9%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 60.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.1% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.0%
- 2016: 58.7%
- 2021: 61.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade employs 11.3% of the local workforce, while transport and warehousing (10.0%) and manufacturing (9.8%) also provide significant employment. Construction accounts for another 9.2% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are machinery operators and drivers at 16.9%, followed by technicians and trades at 14.2%. Community and personal service workers make up 13.8% of the workforce, with clerical roles at 13.0% and labourers at 12.5%.
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 Park Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32271/park-ridge/topic/employment