3.6% ▲ +45.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Honeywood · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Honeywood
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults in Honeywood are working or looking for work than in the rest of Tasmania. About 78% of the adult population is active in the job market, which is a huge gap compared to the state figure of 58.2%. This high level of activity is paired with a low unemployment rate of 3.6%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The workforce is largely stable, with 59.8% of people employed full-time. This is well above the Tasmanian average of 54.9% and roughly the same as the national figure.
78.0% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.3%
- 2016: 78.6%
- 2021: 78.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.8% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.4%
- 2016: 56.4%
- 2021: 59.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry in Honeywood, employing 19.3% of the workforce. Retail trade follows at 12.8%, while health care and social assistance account for 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 23.7%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative staff at 14.3% and managers at 14.0%.
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 Honeywood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60279/honeywood/topic/employment