12.9% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Abels Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Abels Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Abels Bay than in the rest of the state. Only 27% of adults are in the labour force, which is 31 percentage points below the Tasmanian figure. This gap is mirrored by a high unemployment rate of 12.9%, which is well above both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The area has a very small workforce, with full-time employment at 48.1%, far below the national figure of 58.9%. Unemployment is among the highest for similar areas at 12.9%, well above the Tasmanian rate of 5.9%.
27.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.1% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.6%
- 2021: 48.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is spread evenly across three main sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing, construction, and health care and social assistance each making up 22.2% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 25.9%, followed by professionals at 22.2% and technicians and trades at 14.8%.
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 Abels Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60002/abels-bay/topic/employment