2.6% ▼ -47.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kaoota · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kaoota
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A low unemployment rate of 2.6% defines the workforce in Kaoota, which is well below the figures for Tasmania and Australia. This is a productive area where more adults are working or looking for work than in most similar places. Full-time employment is also common, sitting at 59.6%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 65.3% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above both the state and national levels. Full-time employment is also higher than the Tasmanian average by 4.7 percentage points.
65.3% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.8%
- 2016: 56.3%
- 2021: 65.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.6% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.2%
- 2016: 60.4%
- 2021: 59.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are education and training at 14.9%, followed by professional and technical services at 13.2%. Public administration and safety, construction, and retail trade also employ significant numbers of people.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 23.7%. Other common roles include technicians and trades and clerical and administrative workers, who both account for 15.8% of the workforce.
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 Kaoota [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60295/kaoota/topic/employment