Understanding the economic role of Northern Tasmania Region provides a framework for understanding what policy responses and investment may be appropriate to support the growth of businesses and maintenance of a vibrant economy in the future.
The charts and table below give a broad overview of the role and function of your economy. It helps answer questions such as:
- How much of the Northern Tasmania Region's economy is driven by meeting the local population needs?
- What proportion of jobs in the area are in goods production or selling of products?
- In which broad sectors are the key strengths of the local economy?
- What contribution do business services make in your area and is it growing?
- Is there a presence of local, state and federal government workers in in the area?
Once you have developed a broad picture of your economy, you can then drill down further with all the detail here.
Current area:
| Employment composition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Tasmania Region | 2024 | 2019 | 2014 | |||
| Industry | number | % | number | % | number | % |
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 4,574 | 6.0 | 4,426 | 6.5 | 3,887 | 5.9 |
| Mining | 810 | 1.1 | 1,378 | 2.0 | 1,580 | 2.4 |
| Goods related | 28,330 | 37.0 | 24,649 | 36.2 | 26,112 | 39.6 |
| Household services | 29,486 | 38.5 | 26,243 | 38.6 | 22,329 | 33.9 |
| Business services | 9,701 | 12.7 | 8,162 | 12.0 | 7,953 | 12.1 |
| Public administration and safety | 3,657 | 4.8 | 3,171 | 4.7 | 4,000 | 6.1 |
| Total Industries | 76,558 | 100.0 | 68,028 | 100.0 | 65,860 | 100.0 |
Source: National Institute of Economic and Industry Research (NIEIR) ©2025. Compiled and presented in economy.id by .id (informed decisions). Data are based on a 2020-21 price base for all years. NIEIR-ID data are inflation adjusted each year to allow direct comparison, and annual data releases adjust previous years’ figures to a new base year.Learn more. Please refer to specific data notes for more information | ||||||