5.3% ▲ +23.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Taroona · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Taroona
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than half of the residents in Taroona are employed full-time, at 49.5%. This is well below the state and national figures. The area has a strong professional workforce, though the unemployment rate of 5.3% is higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is slightly above the Tasmanian figure. However, full-time employment is much lower than in most other areas.
59.6% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 57.9%
- 2021: 59.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.5% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.4%
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 49.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Education and training is the biggest employer at 19.2%, followed by health care and social assistance at 16.4%. Professional and technical services also make up a large slice at 12.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is dominated by professionals, who make up 42.6% of jobs. Managers account for another 15.9% of the people employed here.
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 Taroona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60668/taroona/topic/employment