4.8% ▼ -60.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Boomer Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Boomer Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly 28% of working residents in Boomer Bay are managers, a remarkably high proportion for the area. While a good number of people are in full-time work, the overall rate of adults working or looking for work is lower than in most other similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 57.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 4.8%, which is higher than most similar areas but a little below the Tasmanian figure.
57.4% ▲ +7.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.5%
- 2016: 52.8%
- 2021: 57.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.4% ▲ +27.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.0%
- 2016: 45.2%
- 2021: 57.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the biggest employer at 18.5%, followed by accommodation and food services at 13.0%. Manufacturing accounts for 11.1% of jobs, while agriculture, forestry, fishing, and public administration each make up 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managerial roles are very common, making up 27.8% of occupations. Technicians and trades follow at 24.1%, with community and personal service workers accounting for 20.4% of the local workforce.
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 Boomer Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60062/boomer-bay/topic/employment