6.6% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 6.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hobart · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Hobart
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high proportion of adults in Hobart are working or looking for work, at 61.5%. This is well above the Tasmanian average, though full-time employment has fallen 3.6 percentage points since 2011. The area now sees more people in the workforce than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While more adults are active in the workforce, the unemployment rate is 6.6%, which is a little above the national figure. Full-time work at 54.8% is well below the Australian average of 58.9%.
61.5% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.1%
- 2016: 57.3%
- 2021: 61.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.8% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 58.4%
- 2016: 57.0%
- 2021: 54.8%
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 17.3%, followed by education and training at 10.7%. Public administration and safety also employ a large share of the workforce at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 25.2% of workers. Other significant groups include community and personal service workers at 14.3% and clerical and administrative staff at 12.9%.
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 Hobart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL603001/hobart/topic/employment