4.0% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
West Launceston · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in West Launceston
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in West Launceston than in most similar areas, with 66.4% of the adult population active in the workforce. This high level of activity is paired with a relatively low unemployment rate of 4.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
At 66.4%, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is well above both the Tasmanian figure (58.2%) and the national figure (61.1%). Full-time employment for 56.9% of the population is slightly above the state average.
66.4% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.6%
- 2016: 65.0%
- 2021: 66.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.9% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.3%
- 2016: 56.7%
- 2021: 56.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 20.9%, followed by education and training at 12.6%. Other common industries include retail trade at 9.6% and construction at 8.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation here, accounting for 28.2% of workers. Technicians and trades people make up 13.6%, while community and personal service workers represent 13.0%.
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 West Launceston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60734/west-launceston/topic/employment