4.6% ▼ -17.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Prospect · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Prospect
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Prospect, with 21.5% of the workforce in this sector. The area has a balanced job market where most adults are working or looking for work, though it faces a higher unemployment rate than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure. Full-time employment sits at 56.1%, while the unemployment rate is 4.6%, which is higher than most similar areas.
60.1% ▲ +6.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.3%
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 60.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.1% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 56.3%
- 2021: 56.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the rest of the workforce is spread across retail trade (11.3%), accommodation and food (8.4%), construction (7.8%), and manufacturing (7.7%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.4%. Other common roles include technicians and trades (15.0%), community and personal service workers (14.8%), and clerical and administrative staff (13.0%).
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 Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60524/prospect/topic/employment