3.8% ▼ -24.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ross · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ross
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Ross than in most similar areas, with only 50.4% active in the labour force. Despite this, those who are employed tend to have stable roles, as full-time work is much more common here than across Tasmania.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well above the national figure at 62.7%. However, the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below the Australian average, while the unemployment rate of 3.8% is a little below the state and national figures.
50.4% ▲ +0.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.3%
- 2016: 50.1%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.7% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.2%
- 2016: 53.0%
- 2021: 62.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry, employing 41.4% of the local workforce. Other common sectors include accommodation and food services at 10.1% and retail trade at 8.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 27.2%, followed by labourers at 23.7%. Technicians and trades workers account for 12.4% of the workforce, while sales workers represent 11.2%.
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 Ross [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60575/ross/topic/employment