6.2% ▼ -25.8%
Higher than 84% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 6.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Burnie - Somerset · Urban Area
Jobs & Industry in Burnie - Somerset
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Burnie - Somerset compared to most similar areas. While the unemployment rate of 6.2% is much higher than in other similar places, the proportion of people in full-time work has fallen over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.0% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This is alongside a 6.2% unemployment rate, which is a little above the Australian average of 5.1%.
54.0% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 72% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 54.4%
- 2016: 52.1%
- 2021: 54.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.2% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 62% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 60.2%
- 2016: 56.4%
- 2021: 56.2%
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 19.2%, followed by retail trade at 12.0% and education and training at 8.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 16.3%, while community and personal service workers (14.8%) and technicians and trades (14.5%) also represent significant portions 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 Burnie - Somerset [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/6001/burnie-somerset/topic/employment