6.8% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 6.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ouse · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ouse
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly half of all workers in Ouse are employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing, making the land the central part of local life. While full-time work is common for those employed, the overall number of adults working or looking for work is much lower than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far more common here than in Tasmania, reaching 65%. However, the percentage of adults working or looking for work is much lower than most areas, at 50.4%, and the unemployment rate of 6.8% is much higher than in similar places.
50.4% ▲ +11.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.1%
- 2016: 53.5%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.0% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.8%
- 2016: 67.0%
- 2021: 65.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is dominated by agriculture, forestry and fishing, which employ 45.8% of the workforce. Manufacturing, accommodation and food, and health care and social assistance each account for 7.5% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
A quarter of workers are managers, and labourers make up another 23.3%. Technicians and trades people account for 11.7% 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 Ouse [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60484/ouse/topic/employment