10.1% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 10.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Zeehan · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Zeehan
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
An unemployment rate of 10.1% is among the highest for similar areas in Zeehan. While full-time work is common for those employed, a far lower proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 44.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 58.2%. However, those who do have jobs are likely to be in full-time roles, with 61.2% of the workforce employed full-time.
44.7% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.0%
- 2016: 52.1%
- 2021: 44.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.2% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.9%
- 2016: 63.3%
- 2021: 61.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the dominant industry for 38% of workers. Other common employers include accommodation and food services at 13.6%, and health care and social assistance at 8.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is heavily skewed toward manual roles, with machinery operators and drivers making up 25.2% of jobs. Labourers and technicians and trades also feature strongly at 18.2% and 16.1% 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 Zeehan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60776/zeehan/topic/employment