The Tasmanian workforce

External links

Labour Market Information Portal

lmip.gov.au

As of November 2022 there were just over 293,000 Tasmanians in the workforce. Nearly 187,000 are employed full time and nearly 107,000 are employed part-time, 152,000 are male and 141,000 are female (ABS Labour force data).

The top five employing industries are:

health care and social assistance (17%)
retail (10%)
education and training (9%)
construction (8%)
accommodation and food services (8%)

Further information about the workforce can be found here.

Regions and industries

Industry, business and employment growth varies between regions. The Department of State Growth works with industries to support the development of workforces that make a significant contribution to Tasmania's economy, have high rates of employment and strong projected jobs growth in occupations that require skills or training delivered by the VET system, and support growth in Tasmania's regions.

The ID demographic resources – Community Profile, Social Atlas, and Economic Profile – provide easy access to data about industry and workforce across Tasmania and in each region (the north-west, north and south), as well as for each local government area.

Industry and workforce profiles and plans

Industry profiles are being developed for relevant industries in Tasmania. More information about priorities for training and workforce development can be found in the Ministerial Priorities for Training and Workforce Development System.

Workforce Plans and Reports are also available for range of industries. Workforce plans are industry-owned, industry-led plans for skills development. Workforce plans identify actions which industry and other stakeholders will undertake to support increased workforce development activity, to meet current and future workforce needs.