3.9% ▼ -27.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wattle Hill · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wattle Hill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Wattle Hill compared to the rest of the state. While 72.5% of adults are in the labour force, the area has a lower-than-usual rate of full-time employment. This creates a distinct local profile where a large portion of the adult population is active in the economy.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, with 72.5% of adults in the labour force, far above the Tasmanian figure of 58.2%. The unemployment rate is 3.9%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
72.5% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.0%
- 2016: 59.2%
- 2021: 72.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.1% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 53.3%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry at 12.2%, followed by construction and health care and social assistance, which both stand at 11.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 21.4%, with managers and professionals also common at 18.4% and 17.3% respectively.
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 Wattle Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60723/wattle-hill/topic/employment