2.2% ▼ -33.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 2.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coningham · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Coningham
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults in Coningham are working or looking for work than in most similar areas. This high level of activity is paired with a very low unemployment rate of 2.2%, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 5.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 71.9% of adults are in the workforce—far above the national figure of 61.1%—full-time employment is much lower than most areas at 52.0%. This is a little below the state average of 54.9%.
71.9% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.2%
- 2016: 63.6%
- 2021: 71.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.0% ▲ +13.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.7%
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 52.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for residents are education and training at 17.1%, followed by construction at 13.1% and health care and social assistance at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent, making up 34.3% of jobs. Managers account for 14.3%, while technicians and trades people make up 13.7% of the 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 Coningham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60124/coningham/topic/employment