5.0% ▲ +230.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 5.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Sisters Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Sisters Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment patterns have shifted over the last decade in Sisters Beach, where fewer adults are now active in the workforce. Just over half of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 52.3% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure much lower than most similar areas. While the unemployment rate of 5.0% is about the same as the national figure, full-time employment at 54.9% is well below the Australian average.
52.3% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.6%
- 2016: 53.6%
- 2021: 52.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.9% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 48.1%
- 2021: 54.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local jobs are spread across several sectors, with education and training leading at 17.5%. Health care and social assistance follow at 15.0%, while construction and retail trade each account for 10.7% of workers.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers and professionals are the most common roles, making up 18.4% and 18.0% of the workforce respectively. Community and personal service workers represent 14.6%, followed by technicians and trades at 13.6%.
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 Sisters Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60603/sisters-beach/topic/employment