5.7% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Braddon (Murchison) · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Braddon (Murchison)
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults in Braddon (Murchison) are working or looking for work than they were in 2011. While 56.6% of people are in full-time roles, the overall number of adults participating in the workforce has dropped to 54.5%. This is well below both the Tasmanian and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is much lower than most areas. Full-time employment has also fallen 3.7 percentage points since 2011 to reach 56.6%, while the unemployment rate sits at 5.7%.
54.5% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 83% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 57.0%
- 2016: 54.0%
- 2021: 54.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.6% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 60.3%
- 2016: 57.9%
- 2021: 56.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 14.3%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 10.3%. Retail trade and manufacturing also employ significant shares of the workforce at 9.8% and 8.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 15.4%. Other common roles include professionals at 14.4%, with technicians, trades, and managers each accounting for 13.7% of the workforce.
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 Braddon (Murchison) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED60209/braddon/topic/employment