6.2% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 6.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Calder · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Calder
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the top employer in Calder, where 15.3% of the workforce is employed in this sector. This is an area with a very high level of people working or looking for work, far exceeding both state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 70.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the Tasmanian figure of 58.2%. While full-time employment is well above the state average at 59.7%, the unemployment rate of 6.2% is much higher than in most similar areas.
70.1% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.8%
- 2016: 64.8%
- 2021: 70.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.7% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.9%
- 2016: 67.6%
- 2021: 59.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several key sectors, with construction (14.5%), manufacturing (12.9%), and agriculture, forestry and fishing (11.3%) all following health care as major employers. Mining also plays a notable role, employing 9.7% of workers.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals and technicians or trades are the most common roles, each making up 16.9% of the workforce. Managers and labourers also represent significant portions of the local job market at 11.3% each.
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 Calder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60089/calder/topic/employment