0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ridgelands · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ridgelands
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A huge gap in unemployment separates Ridgelands from the rest of the country, where 0.0% of the workforce is jobless. This makes the area much more employed than typical Queensland or Australian communities. Full-time work is also very common here, with 62.1% of residents in these roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.4% and the national 5.1%. Around 62.3% of adults are working or looking for work, a result that is about the same as the state average.
62.3% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.7%
- 2016: 69.5%
- 2021: 62.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.1% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.3%
- 2016: 64.1%
- 2021: 62.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry at 17.5%, followed by construction at 13.6% and mining at 12.6%. Health care and social assistance employs 9.7% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 19.4%, followed by technicians and trades at 17.5%. Machinery operators and drivers account for 14.6% of the workforce, while labourers make up 10.7%.
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 Ridgelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32427/ridgelands/topic/employment