2.6% ▼ -52.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 2.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Karoola · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Karoola
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high rate of employment defines daily life in Karoola, where 65.2% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well above the figures for both Tasmania and Australia. The local job market is particularly strong, with an unemployment rate of just 2.6%, which is much lower than most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults are active in the workforce here than in most similar areas. While the unemployment rate is very low at 2.6%, the proportion of full-time workers is 55.4%, which is well below the national figure.
65.2% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.8%
- 2016: 66.4%
- 2021: 65.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.4% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.4%
- 2016: 61.8%
- 2021: 55.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 17.4%, followed by construction at 13.6% and manufacturing at 12.5%. Retail trade and agriculture also employ notable shares of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common job role at 15.8%, with technicians and trades workers following closely at 14.7%. Machinery operators and drivers also make up a large part of the workforce at 14.1%.
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 Karoola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60297/karoola/topic/employment