3.5% ▼ -18.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tennyson Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tennyson Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professionals make up the largest chunk of the workforce in Tennyson Point, where 34.7% of workers hold these roles. The area is a busy hub for employment, with 62.1% of adults working or looking for work. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 3.5%, sitting a little below both the state and national rates.
62.1% ▲ +0.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.1%
- 2016: 61.9%
- 2021: 62.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.5% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.7%
- 2016: 66.3%
- 2021: 59.5%
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 at 15.1%, followed by construction at 12.1% and professional and technical services at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Aside from the large number of professionals, managers account for 22.7% of jobs. Clerical and administrative roles make up another 15.8% 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 Tennyson Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13805/tennyson-point/topic/employment