3.6% ▼ -25.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Fern Tree · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Fern Tree
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Fern Tree than in most similar areas, with 66.5% participating in the workforce. While the local unemployment rate of 3.6% is a little below the national figure, a smaller proportion of the community is in full-time work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here at 66.5%, which is well above the Tasmania figure of 58.2%. However, full-time employment is much lower than most areas, at 50.4%, which sits well below the national average.
66.5% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.1%
- 2016: 65.0%
- 2021: 66.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.4% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.4%
- 2016: 53.4%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local employment is led by health care and social assistance (20.2%) and education and training (16.8%). Professional and technical services also make up a significant part of the workforce at 14.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is heavily skewed toward high-skill roles, with professionals making up nearly half of all jobs at 47.2%. Managers account for another 13.6% of the local roles.
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 Fern Tree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60199/fern-tree/topic/employment