1.5% ▼ -51.7%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 1.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Stanley · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Stanley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly one in five workers in Stanley (L) are employed in accommodation and food services, making it the town's biggest industry. This local economy is marked by a very low unemployment rate of 1.5%, which is well below the Tasmanian and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61% of adults are working or looking for work, a rate slightly above the state average. While full-time employment has fallen by 6.1 percentage points since 2011, the unemployment rate has also dropped to 1.5%, among the lowest for similar areas.
61.0% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 63.9%
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 61.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.3% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.4%
- 2016: 50.7%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local jobs are spread across several sectors, with accommodation and food (18.6%) and manufacturing (15.1%) leading the way. Other significant employers include agriculture, forestry and fishing at 11.6% and retail trade at 8.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles for residents are labourers at 18.2% and managers at 16.7%. Technicians and tradespeople make up 15.1% of the workforce, followed closely by professionals at 14.7%.
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 Stanley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621026/stanley/topic/employment