6.2% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 6.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Somerset · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Somerset
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher than usual unemployment rate of 6.2% marks the local job market in Somerset. While many residents work full-time, far fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures. This creates a landscape where a smaller portion of the adult population is active in the workforce.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 52.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 58.2%. While 56.1% of the workforce is employed full-time, the unemployment rate is much higher than most similar areas at 6.2%.
52.6% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.2%
- 2016: 52.1%
- 2021: 52.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.1% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.7%
- 2016: 57.2%
- 2021: 56.1%
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 here, employing 19.3% of the workforce. Retail trade follows at 12.0%, while education and training accounts for 8.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 16.1%, followed closely by technicians and trades at 15.3%. Labourers and community and personal service workers also make up significant shares, at 13.8% and 13.3% respectively.
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 Somerset [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60608/somerset/topic/employment