6.4% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 6.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Molesworth · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Molesworth
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Molesworth than in most similar areas. While 65.2% of the adult population is active in the labour force, the area has a much lower rate of full-time employment compared to the rest of the state and country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 65.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 58.2%. However, full-time employment is well below the national average at 51.4%, and the unemployment rate is much higher than most areas at 6.4%.
65.2% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.8%
- 2016: 64.7%
- 2021: 65.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.4% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.1%
- 2016: 54.3%
- 2021: 51.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 16.3%. Construction follows at 12.0%, while public administration and safety account for 10.0% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group of occupations at 21.1%. Professionals are the next most common at 16.0%, followed by community and personal service workers at 13.1%.
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 Molesworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60410/molesworth/topic/employment