6.6% ▼ -42.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 6.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
South Burnie · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in South Burnie
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high unemployment rate of 6.6% shapes the local job market in South Burnie, which is much higher than most similar areas. While full-time work is common for those employed, fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.4% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below both Tasmania (58.2%) and Australia (61.1%). Among those who are employed, 56.9% work full-time, which is slightly above the Tasmanian average.
54.4% ▼ -9.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.4%
- 2016: 49.0%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.9% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.1%
- 2016: 51.1%
- 2021: 56.9%
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 20.3%, followed by manufacturing at 12.4% and education and training at 11.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are in community and personal service (18.3%) and technicians and trades (17.0%), with managers and professionals each making up about 14% to 15% of the workforce.
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 South Burnie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60613/south-burnie/topic/employment