9.0% ▼ -21.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 9.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
East Devonport · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in East Devonport
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in East Devonport compared to the rest of the country. Only 45.7% of adults are in the labour force, which is much lower than most similar areas. This gap is paired with a high unemployment rate of 9.0%, well above the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is low at 49.0%, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 54.9%. The unemployment rate of 9.0% is much higher than most other areas.
45.7% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.0%
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 45.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.0% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.0%
- 2016: 49.7%
- 2021: 49.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 15.4%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 10.7% and retail trade at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 24.7%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 14.9% and technicians and trades people at 13.3%.
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 East Devonport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60176/east-devonport/topic/employment