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CARRICK - THE ROSELAND
AN EMPLOYMENT PROFILE
Key Points
BUSINESS IN THE ROSELAND AREA (TR2)
There are about 160 firms in the Roseland area.
The largest number of business are in the Agriculture sector (26) followed by retail sector (24) and Hotels & catering (22). These account for 45% of all business 4% of all employment.
The majority of firms (almost 9 in every 10) are predominantly small business, Employing less than 5 staff.
There are some 18 firms that employ between 11 and 49 staff.
There is only 1 business that employs in excess of 50 staff.
The top 10 largest employers of staff in the Roseland area:
| Roseland School | Education | 53 | Idle rocks * | Hotel | 15 | |
| Aggregates & Minerals | Quarrying | 50 | Ship & Castle * | Hotel | 15 | |
| Eschol N. Home | Care | 40 | Tresanton * | Hotel | 15 | |
| Penlee N. Home | Care | 40 | Nichols & Nichols | Construction | 15 | |
| The Nare Hotel * | Hotel | 15 | Price, Campbell & Black | Care | 15 |
* Numbers of employees increase significantly when seasonal/casual employees are included
EMPLOYEES IN THE ROSELAND AREA
Over 600 people work in and around the Roseland area.
The top 5 largest sectors of employment in the Roseland area are:-
| Sector | Number of Employees | % of the Roseland workforce | % of Country workforce |
| Retail | 134 | 22% | 17% |
| Education/Cultural | 89 | 14% | 11% |
| Hotel & Catering | 69 | 11% | 12% |
| Construction & related | 61 | 10% | 3% |
| Engineering | 58 | 9% | 5% |
| Total | 411 | 66% | 48% |
THE ROSELAND
A PROFILE OF BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEES (1999)
| THE ROSELAND | COUNTY | |||
| SECTOR | No of Business | No of Employees | No of Business | No of Employees |
| Agric/Hort/fishing | 26 | 53 | 870 | 2,689 |
| Art/Craft/design | 10 | 10 | 272 | 929 |
| Construction | 12 | 61 | 935 | 7,785 |
| Education/Cultural | 8 | 89 | 442 | 9,217 |
| Engineering | 14 | 58 | 1,195 | 20,516 |
| Finance | 3 | 10 | 488 | 4,203 |
| Hairdressing | 3 | 3 | 315 | 840 |
| Health/Care | 9 | 35 | 979 | 16,018 |
| Hotel/Catering (*2) | 22 | 69 | 2160 | 10.165 |
| Law & Protective Services | 2 | 8 | 174 | 2.445 |
| Leisure/Tourism (*2) | 5 | 7 | 720 | 4.908 |
| Manufacturing (other) | 12 | 42 | 919 | 13,543 |
| Office | 7 | 10 | 459 | 17,173 |
| Retail | 24 | 134 | 3,319 | 24,961 |
| Transport | 3 | 53 | 385 | 4,452 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 387 | 3,115 |
| TOTAL | 160 | 622 | 14,019 | 142,959 |
Excludes 1) Holdings employing family only and 2) seasonal/casual employees.
SUMMARY
WHERE ARE THE MAIN JOB OPPORTUNTIES IN THE ROSELAND
- Retail accounts for 15% of all business and 22% of all employment.
- Education/Cultural account for 5% of all business and 14% of all employment.
- Hotel/catering account for 14% of all business and 11% of all employment.
- Construction (and related) accounts for 8% of all business and 10% of all employment.
- Engineering accounts for 9% of all business and 9% of all employment.
- Agriculture accounts for 16% of all business and 9% of all employment.
THE SIZE OF BUSINESS OPERATING IN AND AROUND THE ROSELAND
The average business employs 4 people.
There are:
- 141 (88%) firms employing less than 5 staff
- 16 (10%) firms employing 6-10 staff
- 2 (1%) firms employing 11-49 staff and
- 1 (1%) firms employing in excess of 50 staff.