4.0% ▼ -23.3%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Torres · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Torres
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Torres, where 23.9% of the workforce is employed in this field. The region has a strong employment profile, with a much higher proportion of full-time workers than most other areas. This is paired with an unemployment rate of 4.0%, which is a little below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the Australian average. Full-time employment is particularly strong at 64.2%, though this has fallen 1.7 percentage points since 2011.
62.9% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 61.8%
- 2016: 57.1%
- 2021: 62.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.2% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 65.9%
- 2016: 67.3%
- 2021: 64.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance (23.9%), public administration and safety (19.1%), and education and training (12.8%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 22.7%, followed by community and personal service workers at 16.1% and clerical and administrative staff at 15.3%.
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 Torres [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36950/torres/topic/employment