3.7% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Margate · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Margate
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Margate, where 14.2% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area has a high proportion of adults working or looking for work, though full-time employment is lower than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 67.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the Tasmanian and national figures. Unemployment is a little below the state and national rates at 3.7%.
67.3% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.0%
- 2016: 66.2%
- 2021: 67.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.7% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.9%
- 2016: 56.7%
- 2021: 54.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance leads the local workforce at 14.2%, followed by education, construction, and public administration, which each employ around 10% to 12% of residents.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly a quarter of workers are professionals, while 16.5% are technicians or tradespeople. Managers, clerks, and community service workers each make up about 12% 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 Margate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60382/margate/topic/employment