6.1% ▲ +13.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 6.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lower Longley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lower Longley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Lower Longley, where 17% of people are employed in this sector. The area has a strong employment rate, though its unemployment rate of 6.1% is much higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure. Full-time employment is high at 59.6%, sitting well above the state average of 54.9%.
60.5% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.1%
- 2016: 58.9%
- 2021: 60.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.6% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.9%
- 2016: 64.5%
- 2021: 59.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health and social care, many residents work in professional and technical roles (12.8%) or agriculture, forestry and fishing (10.6%). Construction and education each employ 9.2% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 28.4%, followed by community and personal service workers at 19.1%. Managers account for 14.9% of occupations, while technicians and trades make up 11.3%.
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 Lower Longley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60360/lower-longley/topic/employment