6.8% ▼ -31.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 6.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Redridge · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Redridge
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Just 37.7% of adults in Redridge are working or looking for work, which is far below the figures for Queensland and Australia. The area struggles with a job market where the unemployment rate is a little above the national level. Only 51.9% of the population is employed full-time, a figure well below the state average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 37.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This is accompanied by a higher unemployment rate of 6.8%, which is a little above both Queensland and Australia.
37.7% ▼ -9.9%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.8%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.9% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 51.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry for local workers at 17.3%. Other main employers include health care and social assistance at 12.6% and retail trade at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 19.2%. Managers and technicians or tradespeople both account for 13.6% of the workforce, followed by machinery operators and drivers at 11.7%.
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 Redridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32412/redridge/topic/employment