4.6% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Clark (Huon) · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Clark (Huon)
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Clark (Huon), where 17.1% of workers are in this field. It is a place where a high proportion of adults are working or looking for work, though full-time employment has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 66.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the figures for Tasmania and Australia. However, full-time employment fell 7.1 points since 2011 to 51.9%, a rate well below the national figure.
66.9% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 64.4%
- 2016: 62.0%
- 2021: 66.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.9% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 59.0%
- 2016: 57.1%
- 2021: 51.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health and social assistance, many locals work in public administration and safety (14.4%) and construction (13.9%). Education and training employs 9.1% of the workforce, while manufacturing accounts for 6.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 32.1%. Other common jobs include technicians and trades at 16.0%, managers at 11.2%, and community and personal service workers at 9.6%.
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 Clark (Huon) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED60304/clark/topic/employment