4.7% ▲ +100.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Penna · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Penna
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Penna, where 14.6% of employees work in this sector. The area has a strong workforce, with more adults working or looking for work than the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 63.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the Tasmanian figure. Full-time employment is also high at 58.4%, while the unemployment rate of 4.7% is higher than in most similar areas.
63.1% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.2%
- 2016: 64.3%
- 2021: 63.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.4% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.9%
- 2016: 61.5%
- 2021: 58.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The main industries for local workers include health care and social assistance at 14.6%, followed by public administration and safety at 9.7%. Construction, retail trade, and education and training each account for 8.4% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers and professionals are the most common roles, making up 18.6% and 18.1% of the workforce respectively. Technicians and tradespeople follow at 16.4%, while clerical and administrative workers represent 14.6%.
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 Penna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60502/penna/topic/employment