8.0% ▲ +128.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 8.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tinderbox · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tinderbox
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Job patterns in Tinderbox have shifted since 2011, with an unemployment rate now reaching 8%. While more adults are working or looking for work than the national figure, fewer people are in full-time roles compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 58.2%. However, the unemployment rate is 8%, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 5.1%.
62.3% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.2%
- 2016: 62.6%
- 2021: 62.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.5% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.8%
- 2016: 51.8%
- 2021: 52.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for workers in Tinderbox are education and training at 17.3%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.9%. Professional and technical services and public administration both account for 10.4% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most typical occupation at 32.7%, with managers making up another 19.8% of the workforce. Technicians and tradespeople account for 14.4% of jobs, while clerical and administrative roles sit 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 Tinderbox [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60678/tinderbox/topic/employment