5.9% ▼ -7.2%
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 5.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tasmania · State / Territory
Jobs & Industry in Tasmania
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower share of people are in full-time work in Tasmania compared to other Australian states. Only 54.9% of the population holds a full-time role, which is well below the national figure. This gap is part of a broader trend where fewer adults are working or looking for work than in most other regions.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 58.2% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that is a little below the national average. This is accompanied by an unemployment rate of 5.9%, which is among the highest for similar areas.
58.2% ▲ +0.7%
- 2011: 57.8%
- 2016: 55.5%
- 2021: 58.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.9% ▼ -5.7%
- 2011: 58.2%
- 2016: 56.2%
- 2021: 54.9%
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 for workers at 16.4%, followed by retail trade at 9.6% and education and training at 9.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in five people work as professionals, making up 20.0% of the workforce. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 13.9% and community and personal service workers at 13.6%.
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 Tasmania [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ste/6/tasmania/topic/employment