0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Upper Castra · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A strikingly high proportion of full-time workers defines Upper Castra, where 77.5% of the workforce holds these roles. While the area has a much lower rate of adults working or looking for work compared to most others, those who are employed enjoy a rare 0.0% unemployment rate.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far above the Tasmanian figure of 54.9%. However, the share of adults working or looking for work is far below the national figure, sitting at 47.0%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
47.0% ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
77.5% ▲ +21.1%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The workforce is spread across several sectors, with professional and technical services leading at 22.5%, followed by construction at 20.0%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing and manufacturing each account for 15.0% of jobs.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Clerical and administrative roles are the most common at 22.5%. Managers, technicians and trades workers each make up 20.0% of occupations, while labourers account for 17.5%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Upper Castra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60706/upper-castra/topic/employment