4.8% ▼ -40.2%
Lower than 56% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Richmond - Tweed · Region (SA4)
Jobs & Industry in Richmond - Tweed
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of nearly 9 percentage points separates Richmond - Tweed from the national average in full-time employment. This region has a smaller proportion of people working or looking for work than most other areas. While the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.8% since 2011, the overall workforce remains significantly smaller than the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is much lower than most areas and well below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time work is also rare here; at 49.9%, it is well below the national figure and has fallen 4 percentage points since 2011.
54.3% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 76% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 53.9%
- 2016: 52.2%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.9% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 97% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 53.9%
- 2016: 52.6%
- 2021: 49.9%
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 17.7%. Other common industries include retail trade at 10.3%, construction at 9.9%, and education and training at 9.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
About one in five workers are professionals, making up 20.5% of the workforce. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 14.1%, community and personal service workers at 13.7%, and managers at 13.5%.
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 Richmond - Tweed [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/112/richmond-tweed/topic/employment