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At August 2001, the top five industry divisions in terms of employment in Tasmania were Retail trade (15.0% of employed persons), Health and community services (11.6%), Manufacturing (11.6%), Education (8.2%) and Property and business services (7.7%).
- Manufacturing - George Town was the local government area with the highest proportion of its employees employed in this industry at 30.5%.
- Retail trade - Glenorchy and Burnie local government areas had the highest proportion of total employees employed in this industry, both at 18.3%.
- Property and business services - Hobart was the local government area with the highest proportion of employees employed in this industry at 12.4%.
- Education - Hobart was the local government area with the highest proportion of employees employed in this industry at 12.5%.
- Health and community services - Derwent Valley was the local government area with the highest proportion of its employees employed in this industry at 17.7%.
EMPLOYED PERSONS(a), By industry - Tasmanian local government areas: Census 2001
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| Manufacturing | Retail
trade | Property
and business services | Education | Health and community services | Other(b) | Total(c) |
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Local government area | % | % | % | % | % | % | no. |
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Greater Hobart-Southern |
| Brighton | 16.7 | 17.7 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 10.2 | 43.4 | 4,108 |
| Central Highlands | 6.3 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 5.3 | 77.0 | 891 |
| Clarence | 8.2 | 15.5 | 9.2 | 8.9 | 12.3 | 46.0 | 19,822 |
| Derwent Valley | 17.6 | 12.6 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 17.7 | 42.0 | 3,176 |
| Glamorgan/Spring Bay | 10.1 | 10.3 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 64.5 | 1,492 |
| Glenorchy | 13.9 | 18.3 | 7.3 | 5.3 | 11.8 | 43.5 | 16,131 |
| Hobart | 5.6 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 14.1 | 42.9 | 22,052 |
| Huon Valley | 12.9 | 12.2 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 8.7 | 53.6 | 4,770 |
| Kingborough | 8.2 | 13.8 | 9.6 | 10.7 | 13.3 | 44.4 | 12,368 |
| Sorell | 11.2 | 16.1 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 11.5 | 48.9 | 4,169 |
| Southern Midlands | 11.4 | 11.3 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 8.8 | 58.8 | 2,097 |
| Tasman | 4.2 | 7.5 | 2.3 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 70.7 | 789 |
| Total | 9.7 | 14.6 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 12.4 | 46.0 | 91,865 |
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Northern |
| Break O’Day | 4.6 | 13.2 | 4.3 | 7.9 | 9.5 | 60.4 | 1,699 |
| Dorset | 18.6 | 10.9 | 3.3 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 55.6 | 2,870 |
| Flinders | 2.8 | 8.1 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 10.0 | 68.5 | 432 |
| George Town | 30.5 | 11.5 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 8.5 | 37.1 | 2,133 |
| Launceston | 12.3 | 17.0 | 7.8 | 9.3 | 13.0 | 40.6 | 24,251 |
| Meander Valley | 11.5 | 15.8 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 11.4 | 49.4 | 7,359 |
| Northern Midlands | 10.4 | 14.1 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 9.9 | 53.6 | 4,628 |
| West Tamar | 12.2 | 16.5 | 7.8 | 10.5 | 12.3 | 40.8 | 8,056 |
| Total | 12.8 | 15.7 | 6.9 | 8.3 | 11.7 | 44.7 | 51,428 |
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Mersey-Lyell |
| Burnie | 14.1 | 18.3 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 12.7 | 40.3 | 6,659 |
| Central Coast | 13.7 | 15.4 | 6.3 | 9.2 | 10.8 | 44.5 | 7,300 |
| Circular Head | 21.1 | 11.3 | 3.5 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 53.3 | 3,403 |
| Devonport | 15.8 | 17.7 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 9.9 | 41.2 | 8,522 |
| Kentish | 15.3 | 12.2 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 8.5 | 54.4 | 1,864 |
| King Island | 18.4 | 9.0 | 2.6 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 58.4 | 912 |
| Latrobe | 14.5 | 14.2 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 10.5 | 49.0 | 3,135 |
| Waratah/Wynyard | 12.7 | 13.8 | 6.4 | 8.2 | 12.2 | 46.7 | 4,714 |
| West Coast | 4.6 | 10.5 | 4.6 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 69.2 | 2,277 |
| Total | 14.5 | 15.2 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 10.0 | 46.7 | 38,786 |
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Tasmania(d) | 11.6 | 15.0 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 11.6 | 45.8 | 182,517 |
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(a) Includes persons aged 15 and over (including overseas visitors).
(b) Comprises Agriculture, forestry and fishing; Mining; Electricity, gas and water supply; Construction; Wholesale trade; Accommodation, cafes and restaurants; Transport and storage; Communication services; Finance and insurance; Government administration and defence; Cultural and recreational services; Personal and other services; and includes ‘inadequately described’ and ‘not stated’.
(c) Cells in this table have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data. Totals may vary slightly with totals in other 2001 Census tables.
(d) Includes off-shore and migratory collection districts.
Source: ABS data available on request, Census of Population and Housing. |
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