4.5% —
Lower than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ringwood (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Ringwood (Eastern Metropolitan)
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 Ringwood, where 14.7% of workers are in this field. The area has a strong employment profile, with 66.1% of adults working or looking for work. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults are working or looking for work here than in most similar areas, a figure that rose 2.1 points since 2016. The unemployment rate is 4.5%, which is lower than most areas and slightly below the Victorian figure of 5.0%.
66.1% —
Higher than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 64.0%
- 2021: 66.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.5% —
Higher than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 61.6%
- 2021: 60.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 14.7%, followed by professional and technical services at 10.9% and education and training at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 31.3% of workers. Managers make up 13.9% of the workforce, while clerical and administrative roles account for 13.2%.
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 Ringwood (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED27101/ringwood/topic/employment