15.5% ▲ +14.4%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 15.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tabulam · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tabulam
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A 15.5% unemployment rate is among the highest for similar areas in Tabulam. This high figure is part of a wider trend where only 33.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 33.6% of adults are working or looking for work, a rate far below both New South Wales and Australia. Full-time employment is also well below the state and national figures at 53.5%.
33.6% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.5% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.6%
- 2016: 62.9%
- 2021: 53.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main industry here, employing 40.9% of the workforce. Other common industries include education and training at 13.4% and retail trade at 11%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 31.5%, followed by labourers at 26%. Community and personal service workers account for 11.8% of the local workforce.
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 Tabulam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13738/tabulam/topic/employment