3.7% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Swan Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Swan Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Swan Bay, where 20.7% of employees work in this field. The area has a very active workforce, with a much higher proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A huge 67.9% of adults here are working or looking for work, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 58.2%. This is reflected in the high number of full-time roles, with 63.8% of the workforce employed full-time.
67.9% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.8%
- 2016: 66.5%
- 2021: 67.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.8% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.1%
- 2016: 71.0%
- 2021: 63.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, construction (12.5%) and education and training (11.2%) are the main industries. Manufacturing and transport also employ a significant number of local residents, at 8.2% and 7.3% respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 28.4%, followed by technicians and trades people at 19.8%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative staff at 12.1% and managers at 10.3%.
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 Swan Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60658/swan-bay/topic/employment