0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cuckoo · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly a third of workers in Cuckoo are managers, marking the most common occupation in this small community. The area has an exceptionally high number of adults working or looking for work, with a full-time employment rate of 57.6%.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
An impressive 80.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the figures for Tasmania and Australia. This strong activity is reflected in the unemployment rate, which is well below the national and state levels at 0.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
80.5% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.6% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the largest employer at 24.2%, followed by retail trade at 15.2%. Construction, wholesale trade, and transport and warehousing each account for 9.1% of the workforce.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up 30.3% of the local workforce, while professionals and labourers each account for 15.2%. Technicians, trades, machinery operators and drivers each represent 9.1% of workers.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Cuckoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60140/cuckoo/topic/employment