6.9% ▼ -21.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 6.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Railton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Railton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Railton compared to most similar areas. Only 48.9% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This low level of employment is paired with an unemployment rate of 6.9%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 54.5%, which is about the same as the Tasmanian figure. However, the overall number of adults working or looking for work is well below the state average by 9.3 percentage points.
48.9% ▲ +1.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.1%
- 2016: 45.1%
- 2021: 48.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.5% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 49.9%
- 2021: 54.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Manufacturing is the most common industry for local workers at 12.2%, followed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 11.2%. Health care and social assistance also employ a significant 10.5% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are technicians and trades, making up 18.8% of jobs. This is followed by labourers at 17.6% and machinery operators and drivers at 14.9%.
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 Railton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60533/railton/topic/employment