3.5% ▼ -28.8%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
North Tamworth · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in North Tamworth
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment is much higher in North Tamworth than in most similar areas. While fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country, those who are employed are very likely to have full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 66% of the workforce is employed full-time, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58%. However, the overall share of adults working or looking for work is 56.4%, a little below the state average.
56.4% ▲ +7.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.6%
- 2016: 53.6%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.0% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.8%
- 2016: 65.2%
- 2021: 66.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here, employing 25.8% of the workforce. Other major employers include education and training at 9.8% and retail trade at 9.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 26%. This is followed by community and personal service workers at 13.7% and technicians and tradespeople at 12.9%.
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 North Tamworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13021/north-tamworth/topic/employment