0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Montagu · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Montagu
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing employ 76.6% of the workforce in Montagu. This is a hardworking area where 73.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. Most of these residents hold full-time positions.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A huge 70.2% of the workforce are employed full-time, far above the Tasmanian figure of 54.9%. This high level of employment is reflected in the unemployment rate, which is well below the national figure at 0.0%.
73.1% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.7%
- 2016: 70.1%
- 2021: 73.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
70.2% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.5%
- 2016: 65.3%
- 2021: 70.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is heavily dominated by the land and sea, with 76.6% of people working in agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 40.4%, followed by managers at 31.9% and machinery operators and drivers at 10.6%.
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 Montagu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60412/montagu/topic/employment