5.7% ▲ +61.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
South Spreyton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in South Spreyton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Manufacturing is the most common industry for workers in South Spreyton, where 12.8% of the workforce is employed in the sector. The area has a strong attachment to the workforce, with a much higher proportion of adults working or looking for work than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 66.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the Tasmanian figure. Full-time employment is also higher than the state average at 58.3%, though the unemployment rate of 5.7% is much higher than in most similar areas.
66.6% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.6%
- 2016: 68.8%
- 2021: 66.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.3% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.2%
- 2016: 59.5%
- 2021: 58.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond manufacturing, the local workforce is spread across construction and health care and social assistance, which both employ 11.5% of people, followed by retail trade at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest occupational group at 19.4%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 14.9% and professionals at 13.9%.
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 Spreyton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60621/south-spreyton/topic/employment