4.1% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Don · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Don
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Education and training is the most common industry for workers in Don, where 14.2% of the workforce is employed in this field. A very high proportion of adults here are working or looking for work, with 68.6% active in the labour force. This is far above the Tasmanian average of 58.2%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The share of adults working or looking for work is far above the state and national figures. While 55.7% of the workforce is employed full-time, the unemployment rate is 4.1%, which is a little below the Tasmanian average.
68.6% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.0%
- 2016: 66.5%
- 2021: 68.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.7% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.9%
- 2016: 59.5%
- 2021: 55.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from education, a large number of residents work in construction (13.6%), health care and social assistance (13.1%), and retail trade (11.6%). Manufacturing also employs 6.3% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 18.2%, followed by technicians and trades at 16.5%. Managers make up 15.3%, while community and personal service workers and labourers each account for 11.9%.
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 Don [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60162/don/topic/employment