5.9% ▼ -35.3%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 5.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Taree Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Jobs & Industry in Taree Surrounds
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Taree Surrounds than in most similar areas. Only 44.5% of adults are in the labour force, a figure that has fallen since 2011. While the unemployment rate has dropped to 5.9%, full-time employment remains well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 44.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Australian figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the state average at 50.9%, and this has fallen by 3.6 percentage points since 2011.
44.5% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 47.2%
- 2016: 44.5%
- 2021: 44.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.9% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 54.4%
- 2016: 50.9%
- 2021: 50.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 16.9%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 11.2% and construction at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 16.3%, with professionals following closely at 15.9% and technicians and trades at 14.0%.
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 Taree Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108051170/taree-surrounds/topic/employment