6.9% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Henrietta · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Henrietta
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment has stayed strong in Henrietta, where 60.4% of the workforce holds a full-time role. This is well above the Tasmanian figure of 54.9%. While many residents have secure full-time work, a smaller proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 6.9%, which is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the 5.1% national figure. Only 53.7% of adults are working or looking for work, a result well below both the state and national averages.
53.7% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.2%
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 53.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.4% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.9%
- 2016: 54.2%
- 2021: 60.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry for local workers at 20.8%. Other major employers include retail trade at 16.7% and health care and social assistance at 14.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in four people work as machinery operators or drivers. Other common roles include managers and sales workers, who each make up 18.8% of the workforce, followed by technicians and trades at 14.6%.
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 Henrietta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60267/henrietta/topic/employment