0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Edith Creek · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A zero per cent unemployment rate marks the local job market in Edith Creek. This is a productive area where 69.3% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far above the Tasmanian average.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Almost 70% of adults are in the workforce, which is much higher than most similar areas. While the typical full-time employment rate of 55.7% is about the same as the state figure, the local unemployment rate is well below the national average at 0.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
69.3% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.7% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Edith Creek is heavily concentrated in primary production and industry. Agriculture, forestry and fishing employ 42.6% of the workforce, followed by manufacturing at 21.3% and health care and social assistance at 14.8%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 36.1%. Other common roles include labourers at 19.7% and community and personal service workers at 11.5%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Edith Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60181/edith-creek/topic/employment