8.4% ▲ +34.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 8.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Sandy Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Sandy Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 7.6 percentage points separates Sandy Bay from the national average for full-time employment. While more adults here are working or looking for work than in the rest of Tasmania, a higher unemployment rate and fewer full-time roles shape the local job market.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 61.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the Tasmanian figure. However, the unemployment rate is 8.4%, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the 5.1% national average.
61.8% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.9%
- 2016: 54.7%
- 2021: 61.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.3% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.9%
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 51.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 16.6%, followed by education and training at 13.5% and accommodation and food services at 12.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 35.2%, while managers account for 15.7% of roles. Other common jobs include community and personal service work at 12.9% and clerical or administrative roles at 10.7%.
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 Sandy Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60585/sandy-bay/topic/employment