4.1% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
East Tamworth · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in East Tamworth
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the top employer in East Tamworth, where 20.9% of workers are in this field. This area has a very active workforce, with a much higher proportion of people working or looking for work than in most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also strong at 63.4%, well above the New South Wales rate of 58.0%.
64.4% ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 60.9%
- 2021: 64.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.4% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.3%
- 2016: 64.6%
- 2021: 63.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
After health care, the most common industries for residents are education and training at 12.3%, and retail trade at 8.4%. Accommodation, food, public administration and safety each employ 7.2% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common, making up 30.0% of jobs. Other typical roles include managers at 12.5% and clerical or administrative staff at 11.8%.
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 East Tamworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11366/east-tamworth/topic/employment