0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Irishtown · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Irishtown
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Manufacturing is the biggest employer in Irishtown, with nearly a quarter of the local workforce in this sector. The area has a very strong employment rate, and notably, no one was recorded as unemployed in the latest census.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A huge 69.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the Tasmanian figure of 58.2%. Full-time employment is also well above the state average at 59.5%.
69.4% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.2%
- 2016: 63.9%
- 2021: 69.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.5% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.0%
- 2016: 64.4%
- 2021: 59.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Manufacturing leads the local economy at 23.9%, followed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 22.7%. Education and training also employ a significant 12.3% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 23.3%, while labourers make up 18.4% of workers. Technicians and trades follow at 13.5%.
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 Irishtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60289/irishtown/topic/employment