5.4% ▲ +129.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Roches Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Roches Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Public administration and safety is the most common industry for workers in Roches Beach, where 18.9% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area has a very active workforce, with far more adults working or looking for work than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A high proportion of adults here are working or looking for work at 69.1%, which is far above the Tasmanian figure. However, full-time employment is lower than most areas, and the unemployment rate is 5.4%, which is higher than most similar places.
69.1% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.7%
- 2016: 59.8%
- 2021: 69.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.9% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 62.0%
- 2021: 54.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The main industries employ people in public administration and safety (18.9%), construction (13.9%), and retail trade (13.1%). Health care and social assistance also make up a tenth of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 25.4%. Managers and community and personal service workers each make up 15.6% of the workforce, followed by technicians and trades at 13.1%.
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 Roches Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60560/roches-beach/topic/employment