5.8% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 5.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ulverstone · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ulverstone
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Ulverstone than in most similar areas. Only 49.4% of adults are in the workforce, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This shift in employment patterns defines the local job market.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 49.4% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below the Tasmanian average. Full-time employment is also lower than most areas at 53.1%, while the unemployment rate of 5.8% is much higher than in most similar places.
49.4% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.8%
- 2016: 49.9%
- 2021: 49.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.1% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.4%
- 2016: 54.3%
- 2021: 53.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Ulverstone at 17.5%. Other common industries include retail trade at 11.2%, construction at 9.4%, and manufacturing at 9.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up 15.6% of the local workforce. This is followed closely by technicians and trades at 15.3%, professionals at 14.8%, and labourers at 13.7%.
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 Ulverstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60702/ulverstone/topic/employment