0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Paradise · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Paradise
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Paradise than in the rest of the state, with only 48.3% of adults in the labour force. While the number of people employed is low, there is currently no one unemployed in the area. This creates a striking gap compared to the national figure, where far more people are typically employed.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 43.9% of residents have full-time jobs, which is far below the Tasmania figure of 54.9%. This contributes to the overall low number of adults working or looking for work, which is well below the state average.
48.3% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.6%
- 2016: 41.3%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
43.9% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.1%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 43.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is spread across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing being the most common at 15.8%. Construction also makes up a significant share of the local workforce at 14%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 26.3%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 17.5% and labourers at 15.8%.
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 Paradise [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60488/paradise/topic/employment