22.8% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 22.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gagebrook · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Gagebrook
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the main industry for workers in Gagebrook, where 20.1% of employees work in this field. The area faces significant employment challenges, with a very high unemployment rate of 22.8% compared to the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 40.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 58.2%. Full-time employment is also far below the national average, with only 42.4% of the population in full-time roles.
40.9% ▲ +11.5%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
42.4% ▼ -24.7%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.3%
- 2016: 46.6%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, retail trade is a major employer for 17.8% of the workforce. Other common industries include accommodation and food services at 8.0% and public administration and safety at 7.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
A quarter of workers are labourers, the most common occupation in the area. This is followed by community and personal service workers at 22.1% and sales workers at 14.9%.
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 Gagebrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60218/gagebrook/topic/employment