5.0% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Boat Harbour · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Boat Harbour
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Managers make up the largest group of workers in Boat Harbour, accounting for 22.3% of the workforce. This small community has a lower proportion of adults working or looking for work than most similar areas, with 56.0% of adults in the labour force.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 56.0% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 56.1%, while the unemployment rate is 5.0%, which is about the same as the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
56.0% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 58.3%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.1% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 56.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The workforce is split across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing being the most common at 13.5%. Construction follows closely at 12.8%, with health care and social assistance making up 11.5% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Alongside the high number of managers, professionals account for 20.3% of workers. Other common roles include labourers at 12.8%, technicians and trades at 12.2%, and machinery operators and drivers at 11.5%.
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 Boat Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60058/boat-harbour/topic/employment