16.7% ▲ +106.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2021: 16.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tomahawk · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tomahawk
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment in Tomahawk has faced significant challenges since 2011, with a shrinking proportion of the population in the workforce. Only 43.6% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below both the state and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 43.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 58.2%. This low participation sits alongside a very high unemployment rate of 16.7%, which is far above the national figure of 5.1%.
43.6% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.6%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries people work in is Agriculture, forestry & fishing at 71%, ahead of Health care & social assistance (29%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common occupations people work in is Managers at 41%, ahead of Community & personal service (24%).
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 Tomahawk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60683/tomahawk/topic/employment