4.2% ▼ -27.7%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Latrobe · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Latrobe
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 Latrobe, with 16% of the workforce in this sector. While unemployment has fallen to 4.2% since 2011, fewer adults are now working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 58.2%. Full-time employment has also fallen since 2011, now sitting at 56.3%.
54.6% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 57.2%
- 2016: 53.7%
- 2021: 54.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.3% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 58.6%
- 2016: 58.0%
- 2021: 56.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy relies heavily on health care and social assistance (16%), followed by construction and retail trade, which both employ 10.4% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 16.1%. Professionals (14.3%) and managers (13.8%) are also common roles in the area.
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 Latrobe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA63810/latrobe/topic/employment