3.3% ▼ -39.5%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Snug · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Snug
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Snug than in most similar areas. The local workforce has seen a significant shift, with the proportion of people employed or seeking jobs rising by 11 percentage points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 62.1% of adults are working or looking for work—well above the Tasmanian figure—full-time employment has fallen to 52.6%. At the same time, the unemployment rate is quite low at 3.3%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
62.1% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 51.1%
- 2016: 50.3%
- 2021: 62.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.6% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 55.9%
- 2016: 56.2%
- 2021: 52.6%
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 for local workers at 13.2%, followed closely by construction at 13.0% and education and training at 12.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
A quarter of the workforce are professionals, while 15.6% work as technicians and tradespeople. Managers make up 12.8% of the local 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 Snug [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615024/snug/topic/employment