2.1% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Direction · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Direction
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A very high proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Mount Direction. The area is defined by a strong employment rate, with 68.7% of adults active in the workforce and a very low unemployment rate of 2.1%. This is well below the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults here are working or looking for work than in most similar areas, sitting far above the Tasmanian figure. Full-time employment stands at 57.6%, which is a little above the state average.
68.7% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 68.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.6% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 57.4%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade is the most common industry at 12.9%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.5%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing and manufacturing both account for 10.1% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 24.5%. Other common roles include machinery operators and drivers at 12.9% and managers at 12.2%.
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 Mount Direction [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60426/mount-direction/topic/employment