7.4% ▼ -28.9%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 7.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Break O'Day · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Break O'Day
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Break O'Day, where 13.6% of employees work in this field. The region faces significant employment challenges, as only 42.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work make up 42.7% of the population, a figure far below both the state and national levels. This is reflected in full-time employment, which fell to 43.1% since 2011 and remains far below the Tasmanian average. The unemployment rate is 7.4%, which is a little above the rest of the country but has fallen by 3.0 points over the last decade.
42.7% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 43.8%
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
43.1% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 48.2%
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance leading at 13.6%. Other significant employers include accommodation and food (11.4%), retail trade (10.8%), and agriculture, forestry and fishing (10.0%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common occupation at 15.4%, followed closely by technicians and trades at 14.9% and managers at 14.7%. Community and personal service workers make up 14.1% of the workforce, while professionals account for 13.7%.
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 Break O'Day [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA60210/break-o-day/topic/employment