4.4% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pipers River · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Pipers River
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is more common in Pipers River than in most other areas. This creates a stable employment pattern where 62.4% of the workforce holds a full-time role, a figure well above both the state and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 59.9% of adults are working or looking for work, the unemployment rate is 4.4%. This is a little below the Tasmanian figure of 5.9% and about the same as the national rate.
59.9% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.1%
- 2016: 52.8%
- 2021: 59.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.4% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.9%
- 2016: 59.4%
- 2021: 62.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is split across several sectors, with manufacturing (16%) and agriculture, forestry and fishing (14.9%) being the most common industries. Health care and social assistance also employ 11.9% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common type of worker at 18.6%, followed by managers and professionals. Machinery operators and drivers also make up a significant part of the local workforce at 12.4%.
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 River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60507/pipers-river/topic/employment