0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Birchs Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Birchs 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 Birchs Bay compared to the rest of the country. Only 44.4% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Despite this, the area reports no unemployment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the Tasmanian average at 47.6%, and far below the national figure. However, the unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below both the state and national levels.
44.4% ▼ -20.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.7%
- 2016: 41.3%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.6% ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.7%
- 2016: 43.8%
- 2021: 47.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The workforce is split across several sectors, with construction and public administration and safety both accounting for 19.0% of jobs. Health care and social assistance follow at 16.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles, technicians and trades, and sales workers are equally common, each making up 21.4% of the local workforce. Managers account for a further 16.7% 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 Birchs Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60046/birchs-bay/topic/employment