0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gray · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Gray
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Few of the local adults are in the workforce compared to similar areas, with Gray (Tas.) seeing only 38.9% of adults working or looking for work. This is far below the national figure of 61.1%, though the area currently has an unemployment rate of 0.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is among the lowest for similar areas at 38.9%. Full-time employment is also far below the Tasmanian average, with only 31.8% of residents in full-time roles.
38.9% ▼ -25.4%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.1%
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
31.8% ▼ -35.1%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.1%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Gray is split across a few main sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing and education and training each accounting for 27.3% of jobs. Health care and social assistance also make up a large share at 22.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 40.9%, followed by community and personal service workers at 31.8%. Labourers account for 27.3% 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 Gray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60249/gray/topic/employment