4.0% ▲ +80.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
South Ripley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in South Ripley
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 South Ripley, where 17% of workers are in this field. This is a highly active workforce, with a huge proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A huge 81.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure. Full-time employment is also very strong at 66.4%, while the unemployment rate of 4.0% is a little below the state and national figures.
81.4% ▲ +15.8%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.3%
- 2016: 82.2%
- 2021: 81.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.4% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 74.2%
- 2021: 66.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the most common industries for local workers are public administration and safety at 12.3%, followed by retail trade at 11.0%. Education and training and construction also employ a notable share of the population.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.1%. Community and personal service workers as well as clerical and administrative staff both account for 14.8% of the 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 South Ripley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32598/south-ripley/topic/employment