6.8% ▼ -31.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 6.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Scamander · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Scamander
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people are in the workforce in Scamander compared to most similar areas. Only 47.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This lower participation is paired with an unemployment rate of 6.8%, which is much higher than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is less common here, with only 47.7% of the population employed full-time. This is well below the Tasmanian figure of 54.9% and far below the Australian average.
47.4% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.0%
- 2016: 50.8%
- 2021: 47.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.7% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.4%
- 2016: 47.4%
- 2021: 47.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 16.4%. Construction and accommodation and food services both follow at 11.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are technicians and trades, making up 19.1% of the workforce. Professionals (14.8%) and labourers (13.8%) also make up significant shares of the local roles.
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 Scamander [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60588/scamander/topic/employment