5.6% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 5.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kings Meadows · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kings Meadows
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
One in five workers in Kings Meadows is employed in health care and social assistance. The area has a strong work rate, with 61.2% of adults working or looking for work, which is well above the Tasmanian figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.2% of adults are working or looking for work, and full-time employment is well above the state figure at 58.7%. However, the unemployment rate is 5.6%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
61.2% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.1%
- 2016: 54.6%
- 2021: 61.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.7% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.3%
- 2016: 57.6%
- 2021: 58.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employers in the area are health care and social assistance at 20.0%, followed by retail trade at 11.3% and construction at 8.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.4%, while community and personal service workers and technicians and trades are nearly equal at around 14% each.
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 Kings Meadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60306/kings-meadows/topic/employment