5.0% ▼ -39.3%
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 5.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tweed · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Tweed
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people are in the workforce in Tweed compared to the rest of the country. Only 52.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This gap is mirrored in full-time employment, which has fallen since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the New South Wales figure, with only 50% of people working full-time. While the unemployment rate of 5% is about the same as the national average, it remains higher than in most similar areas.
52.7% ▲ +3.5%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 50.9%
- 2016: 50.6%
- 2021: 52.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.0% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 95% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 53.6%
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the largest employer at 17.4%, followed by construction at 11.8% and retail trade at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.4%, while technicians and trades people account for 15.4% of the local workforce.
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 Tweed [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17550/tweed/topic/employment