2016 Census: Tasmania

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MEDIA RELEASE
23 October 2017
139/2017

Home is where the heart is for Tasmanians, Census reveals


Tasmanians are among the least likely of Australians to have moved home, according to latest insights from the 2016 Census of Population and Housing.

Almost two-thirds of residents had been at the same address for the five years leading up to Census, the highest proportion in the country.

Census Program Manager Bindi Kindermann said the latest Census data contained information on a state-wide scale as well as for local communities.

“From how people get to work, to what they are studying, what their jobs are and where people are moving to, this Census information tells us so much about the lives of Tasmanians,” Ms Kindermann said.

“Not only can we see that Tasmanians are the least likely to have moved from 2011 to 2016 but more than 85 per cent of people had been living at the same address for the 12 months leading up to Census night, only fractionally behind South Australia.”

In the 12 months leading up to Census night, 15,000 people moved to Tasmania from interstate and overseas, and of these, 4,000 were from overseas.

The data also shows that 76 per cent of people in Hobart drove to work, 5 per cent caught public transport – the lowest proportion of any capital city in the country – while 8 per cent walked or rode, slightly less than Canberra.

Ms Kindermann said state-wide, Tasmania had a unique commuting pattern when compared among states and territories.

“While the car was the most common way for Tasmanians to travel to work, consistent with the rest of the country, Tasmania was the only one to feature the truck in the top four methods for travelling to work, which was used by 1,700 people. The truck was also third in 2011, however, the number of people was higher at 2,000.”

The top three fields of study remained the same as in the 2011 Census: almost 34,000 had studied Engineering and Related Technologies and only slightly fewer had studied Management and Commerce.

Almost 28,000 had studied the third most popular field, Society and Culture, which was also the fastest growing, with the number of students increasing by 25 per cent since 2011.

The largest industry by employment in Tasmania, as well as nationally, was also the fastest growing employer, Health Care and Social Assistance. This covers areas such as aged and child care and the health sector and grew in numbers by 18 per cent, from 26,000 in 2011 to 31,000 in 2016.

Retail Trade was the second largest employer, although the number of employees fell by approximately 1,000 to 23,600 while Education and Training grew from 19,500 to 20,100 to rise from fourth to the third largest employing industry.

The Public Administration and Safety industry shed 13 per cent of its workforce to 17,000 workers – moving from third to fourth largest – while consistent with national trends manufacturing reduced in size by 22 per cent to drop out of the top five and be replaced by Accommodation and Food Services.

Census data is available free online. Use one of our easy tools such as QuickStats or Community Profiles to access the latest data for your area or topic of interest.

For more information on Tasmania in the 2016 Census, follow the link to the Tasmania QuickStats page.

Information on Hobart can be found via the following link to the Hobart QuickStats page.


TASMANIA


Labour force
2016
2011

Labour force population
232,950
232,124

Employed persons1
216,583
217,299
Full time
121,822
126,465
Part time
81,601
76,384

Not in labour force (15 years and over)
160,050
151,380
18-64 year olds
68,848
71,907

1 – Includes “Employed, away from work”

Note: The Census and Labour Force Survey both collect labour market information however are designed for different purposes and utilise different collection methods.
Differences in the collections mean they are not directly comparable to each other, they are complementary data.


Industry

2016
2011

Top 5 industries

(total employed persons)

1.
Health Care and Social Assistance
30,683
Health Care and Social Assistance
26,032
2.
Retail Trade
23,595
Retail Trade
24,544
3.
Education and Training
20,105
Public Administration and Safety
19,594
4.
Public Administration and Safety
16,958
Education and Training
19,459
5.
Accommodation and Food Services
16,543
Manufacturing
18,968

Top 3 industries
(growth rate, 2011 to 2016)
1.
Health Care and Social Assistance 17.9%
2.
Arts and Recreation Services 12.7%
3.
Administrative and Support Services 10.9%



Occupations
2016
2011

Top 3 occupations
(total employed persons)
1.
Professionals
40,772
Professionals
40,145
2.
Technicians and Trades Workers
30,243
Technicians and Trades Workers
32,254
3.
Clerical and Administrative Workers
28,194
Clerical and Administrative Workers
30,054

Top 3 occupations
(growth rate, 2011 to 2016)
1.
Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%
2.
Labourers 2.2%
3.
Professionals 1.6%



Method of Travel to Work
2016
2011

Car (as driver or passenger)
153,939
151,936

Top 3 other methods
1.
Walked only 10,443
Walked only 10,849
2.
Bus 5,226
Bus 5,507
3.
Truck 1,695
Truck 2,039

* Single method of travel only


Education
2016
2011

Top 3 fields of study
(total population)
1.
Engineering and Related Technologies
33,894
Engineering and Related Technologies
32,642
2.
Management and Commerce
33,750
Management and Commerce
29,478
3.
Society and Culture
27,837
Society and Culture
22,249

Top 3 fields of study
(18-30 year olds)
1.
Management and Commerce
6,503
Management and Commerce
7,094
2.
Society and Culture
5,278
Engineering and Related Technologies
4,821
3.
Engineering and Related Technologies
4,843
Society and Culture
4,395

Top 3 fields of study
(growth rate, 2011 to 2016)
1.
Society and Culture 25.1%
2.
Health 17.2%
3.
Creative Arts 16.9%


Migration

1 year ago
5 years ago

Current residents who lived interstate
11,013
29,063
Current residents who lived overseas
3,992
12,229

Notes

* All data based on Place of Usual Residence