4.5% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Howrah · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Howrah
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A typical employment profile defines Howrah, where the proportion of adults working or looking for work sits around the middle for similar areas. While 61.4% of adults are in the labour force, the local unemployment rate of 4.5% is higher than most areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 58.2%. Full-time employment for 56.9% of the population is slightly higher than the state average.
61.4% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.5%
- 2016: 57.2%
- 2021: 61.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.9% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.6%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 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 most common industry here at 16.5%, followed by public administration and safety at 13.2%. Education and training also employ a significant 11.9% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 26.2%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative work at 16.0% and community and personal service roles at 13.9%.
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 Howrah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60281/howrah/topic/employment