3.1% ▲ +67.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lower Snug · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lower Snug
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Lower Snug than in most similar areas. While 68.1% of the adult population is active in the workforce, a much smaller proportion hold full-time roles compared to the rest of the state and country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is much more common here than in most similar areas, sitting well above the national figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment is well below the Tasmanian average, and the unemployment rate of 3.1% is a little below both state and national levels.
68.1% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.7%
- 2016: 65.0%
- 2021: 68.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.2% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.2%
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 51.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several key sectors, with education and training (15.4%) and health care and social assistance (15.0%) being the most common industries. Construction also makes up a significant share at 13.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 25.2%, followed by technicians and trades at 16.3%. Managers, clerical and administrative staff, and community and personal service workers also represent a sizeable part 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 Lower Snug [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60362/lower-snug/topic/employment