2.2% ▼ -58.4%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 2.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Spreyton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Spreyton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A very low unemployment rate of 2.2% means most working-age people in Spreyton have found a job. This is a place where full-time work is common, with the area seeing a much higher share of full-time employees than the state average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the Tasmanian figure. Full-time employment is particularly strong at 61.6%, while the unemployment rate is much lower than most other areas.
62.4% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.4%
- 2016: 63.2%
- 2021: 62.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.6% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.4%
- 2016: 59.5%
- 2021: 61.6%
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 15.4%, followed by retail trade at 11.7% and construction at 11.0%. Manufacturing and education also make up a significant part of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers are the most common group at 19.5%. Professionals make up 15.4% of the workforce, while community and personal service roles account for 12.3%.
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 Spreyton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60628/spreyton/topic/employment