18.5% ▲ +53.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 18.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Parattah · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Parattah
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment patterns have shifted over the last decade in Parattah, where the unemployment rate has climbed to 18.5%. This is now among the highest levels for similar areas, far above the national figure of 5.1%. It is a place where fewer adults are active in the workforce compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 42.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 58.2%. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas, with only 49% of the workforce in full-time roles.
42.9% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.1%
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.0% ▼ -22.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.3%
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 49.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split across several sectors, with accommodation and food, public administration and safety, and health care and social assistance each making up 10.2% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technical and trade roles are the most common at 18.4%, followed by machinery operators, drivers and labourers who each make up 16.3% 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 Parattah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60489/parattah/topic/employment