4.9% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tugrah · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tugrah
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of adults in Tugrah are working or looking for work compared to the rest of Tasmania. About 74% of adults are in the labour force, which is 16 percentage points above the state figure. This high level of activity is mirrored by a strong presence of full-time workers.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 74% of adults are active in the workforce, the unemployment rate is 4.9%, which is slightly lower than the state's 5.9%. Full-time employment sits at 58.5%, well above the Tasmanian average of 54.9%.
74.0% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 76.5%
- 2016: 71.9%
- 2021: 74.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.5% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.5%
- 2016: 53.3%
- 2021: 58.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the biggest employer here, with 20.6% of the workforce in the sector. Health care and social assistance (13%) and education and training (12.3%) are also major industries.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common, accounting for 20.2% of jobs. This is closely followed by technicians and trades at 19.8%, while managers make up 14.2% of the local workforce.
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 Tugrah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60693/tugrah/topic/employment