4.5% ▲ +131.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Travellers Rest · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Travellers Rest
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Travellers Rest than in most similar areas. While the area has a strong workforce, full-time employment is well below the national figure, with 55.6% of the workforce in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
An impressive 68% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above both the Tasmanian and national figures. This high level of activity comes alongside an unemployment rate of 4.5%, which is higher than most similar areas.
68.0% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 78.6%
- 2016: 72.6%
- 2021: 68.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.6% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 53.3%
- 2021: 55.6%
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 17.9%, followed by construction at 12.2% and retail trade at 8.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 19.9%, with clerical and administrative work closely behind at 19.4% and technicians and trades at 17.3%.
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 Travellers Rest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60687/travellers-rest/topic/employment