10.1% ▼ -17.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 10.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Primrose Sands · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Primrose Sands
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A shift in the local workforce has seen Primrose Sands experience a significant rise in unemployment, which now stands at 10.1%. This is well above the national figure and among the highest for similar areas. Only 44.2% of adults are working or looking for work, a rate far below the Tasmanian and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The area has a low proportion of full-time workers at 49.2%, which is well below the Tasmanian rate of 54.9%. This helps explain why the local unemployment rate of 10.1% is so much higher than the 5.1% seen across Australia.
44.2% ▼ -3.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.8%
- 2016: 43.0%
- 2021: 44.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.2% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.4%
- 2016: 50.1%
- 2021: 49.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
People in the area primarily work in health care and social assistance (14.9%), retail trade (13.8%), and construction (12.6%). Education and public administration also make up a small part of the local economy.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are technicians and trades at 17.7%, followed by professionals at 15.2% and community and personal service workers at 14.9%. Labourers and sales workers also make up a significant share 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 Primrose Sands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60522/primrose-sands/topic/employment