1.7% ▼ -55.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 1.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Currie · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Currie
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers in Currie, with 27.4% of the local workforce in this category. The area has a very high employment rate, and the typical resident is much more likely to be working or looking for work than people across Tasmania and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Job security is high in Currie, where the unemployment rate is just 1.7%, which is well below the national figure of 5.1%. About 62.7% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above the Tasmanian average.
62.7% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.3%
- 2016: 60.9%
- 2021: 62.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.6% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.6%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 55.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main industry for 15.7% of workers. Other significant sectors include manufacturing at 12.7% and health care and social assistance at 11.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond labourers, technicians and tradespeople make up 16.2% of jobs, followed by managers at 14.0%. Community and personal service workers account for 9.9% 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 Currie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60142/currie/topic/employment