0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pipers Brook · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Pipers Brook
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment is among the highest for similar areas in Pipers Brook, where 71.7% of the workforce holds a full-time role. While a smaller proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country, those who are employed enjoy a remarkably stable market.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below the national figure of 5.1%. However, only 51.7% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below both Tasmania and Australia.
51.7% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 51.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
71.7% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 79.4%
- 2021: 71.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Manufacturing is the main employer in Pipers Brook, accounting for 28.3% of jobs. Other common industries include agriculture, forestry and fishing at 15.2%, and retail trade at 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 21.7%. Managers and labourers both account for 17.4% of the local workforce, followed by professionals and machinery operators at 15.2% each.
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 Pipers Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60506/pipers-brook/topic/employment