5.6% ▲ +50.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lindisfarne · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lindisfarne
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Lindisfarne compared to most similar areas. While 56.1% of the workforce is employed full-time, the area faces a challenge with an unemployment rate of 5.6%, which is much higher than most nearby places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.8% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below both the Tasmanian and national rates. The local unemployment rate of 5.6% is about the same as the national figure, but is much higher than in most similar areas.
54.8% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.3%
- 2016: 52.6%
- 2021: 54.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.1% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.9%
- 2016: 55.9%
- 2021: 56.1%
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 16.5%, followed by public administration and safety at 12.2% and education and training at 11.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 26.8%, while clerical and administrative roles account for 14.0% of the local 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 Lindisfarne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60342/lindisfarne/topic/employment