28.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
Upper Esk · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Upper Esk
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 33 percentage points separates Upper Esk from the national average in terms of people working or looking for work. Only 28% of adults in Upper Esk are in the labour force, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 28% of adults here are working or looking for work, a figure far below the 58.2% seen in Tasmania and the 61.1% national average.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries people work in is Health care & social assistance at 71%, ahead of Agriculture, forestry & fishing (57%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common occupations people work in is Managers at 43%, ahead of Professionals (43%).
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 Upper Esk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60707/upper-esk/topic/employment