4.5% ▼ -35.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lucaston · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lucaston
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high proportion of working-age adults are active in the economy in Lucaston, where 63.8% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well above the Tasmanian average, though the local unemployment rate of 4.5% is slightly higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 63.8% of adults are in the workforce, which is well above the state figure of 58.2%. Full-time employment sits at 56.9%, slightly higher than the Tasmanian average but a little below the national figure.
63.8% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.3%
- 2016: 62.4%
- 2021: 63.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.9% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.0%
- 2016: 61.8%
- 2021: 56.9%
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 15.1%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.4%. Public administration and safety also make up a significant part of the local economy at 11.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 30.3%, while technicians and trades account for 19.7%. Managers represent 13.8% 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 Lucaston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60367/lucaston/topic/employment