4.5% ▼ -36.0%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gawler · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Gawler
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A 9.3 percentage point gap separates the full-time employment rate in Gawler (L) (Tas.) from the national figure. While more adults are now working or looking for work than in 2011, the proportion of people in full-time roles has fallen sharply over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work make up 58.9% of the population, which is about the same as the state figure. However, full-time employment is well below the Tasmanian average at 49.6%, though the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.5%.
58.9% ▲ +32.9%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 44.4%
- 2016: 49.6%
- 2021: 58.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.6% ▼ -21.3%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 63.1%
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 49.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade and health care and social assistance are the most common industries, each employing 13.3% of the workforce. Construction follows at 10.4%, with manufacturing and education both at 8.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation group at 18.5%, followed by technicians and trades at 16.3% and professionals at 14.8%. Labourers and clerical staff make up 14.1% and 11.1% of the local workforce respectively.
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 Gawler [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622011/gawler/topic/employment