2.5% ▼ -63.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 2.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tatham · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tatham
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Tatham than in most similar areas, with 64.9% of the population active in the labour force. The local job market is strong and stable, highlighted by a low unemployment rate of 2.5%. Full-time employment is particularly high here, sitting far above both state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 70.5% of the workforce is employed full-time, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. This strong attachment to work is reflected in an unemployment rate of 2.5%, which is a little below the national rate of 5.1%.
64.9% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.5%
- 2016: 65.1%
- 2021: 64.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
70.5% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.6%
- 2016: 72.1%
- 2021: 70.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main employer in Tatham, accounting for 23.8% of jobs. Other common industries include health care and social assistance at 9.8% and construction at 8.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 23.8%. Professionals, technicians and trades workers each account for 13.1% of the local workforce, followed by clerical and labouring roles at 11.5% each.
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 Tatham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13788/tatham/topic/employment