4.0% ▼ -66.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Elliott · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Elliott
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Elliott, where 17.4% of people are employed in this field. The local workforce is quite active, with more adults working or looking for work than the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the Tasmania figure. The unemployment rate is 4.0%, a little below both the state and national levels.
62.6% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.1%
- 2016: 54.2%
- 2021: 62.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.9% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.3%
- 2016: 57.9%
- 2021: 56.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, education and training is a major employer at 14.4%. Other significant industries include agriculture, forestry and fishing and construction, which both employ 13.2% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 16.8%, followed closely by technicians and trades at 16.2%. Managers and labourers also make up a significant portion of the local 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 Elliott [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60188/elliott/topic/employment