2.8% ▼ -50.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 2.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hawley Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hawley Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A low unemployment rate of 2.8% marks the professional landscape of Hawley Beach, where job security is much higher than in most similar areas. While fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country, those who are employed often hold stable, full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 55.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. However, the unemployment rate is very low at 2.8%, sitting well below the Tasmanian average of 5.9%.
55.9% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.7%
- 2016: 54.2%
- 2021: 55.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.9% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.4%
- 2016: 53.6%
- 2021: 56.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer here at 21.0%. Other common industries include education and training at 14.2% and construction at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly 30% of the local workforce are professionals. This is followed by community and personal service workers at 13.9%, and technicians and trades people at 12.8%.
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 Hawley Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60264/hawley-beach/topic/employment