10.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Broadmeadows · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Broadmeadows
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Labourers make up 37.5% of the workforce in Broadmeadows (Tas.), the most common occupation in the area. While a very high proportion of the community is employed, the area also faces an unemployment rate of 10.0%, which is well above the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, with 69.8% of adults active in the labour force. This is well above the national figure, and 79.2% of those employed work full-time, which is far higher than in the rest of the state.
69.8% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 77.4%
- 2021: 69.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
79.2% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 70.8%
- 2021: 79.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is split evenly between agriculture, forestry and fishing and other services, both at 25.0%. Education and training along with health care and social assistance also employ significant shares of the workforce at 20.8% each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond the high number of labourers, a quarter of workers are managers. Professionals make up 12.5% of the workforce, while no one in the area works as a technician or trade worker, or in community and personal services.
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 Broadmeadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60078/broadmeadows/topic/employment