6.3% ▼ -18.2%
Higher than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 6.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Devonport · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Devonport
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Devonport than in most similar areas, with only 55.0% of adults in the labour force. This is well below both the Tasmanian and national figures. While unemployment has fallen to 6.3% since 2011, it remains much higher than most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is low here at 54.6%, a figure that has fallen by 3.0 percentage points since 2011. This rate is well below the Australian average of 58.9%.
55.0% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 54.3%
- 2016: 52.2%
- 2021: 55.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.6% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 54.8%
- 2021: 54.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Devonport, accounting for 16.3% of jobs, followed by retail trade at 11.4% and construction at 9.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Work in the area is spread evenly across several roles, with community and personal service workers, technicians and trades, and labourers each making up 15.2% of occupations.
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 Devonport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA61610/devonport/topic/employment