5.7% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tenterfield · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tenterfield
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Tenterfield. While this sector is a major employer, only 46.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is much lower than in most areas. Full-time employment stands at 53.3%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%, while the unemployment rate is 5.7%, much higher than most similar areas.
46.1% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.6%
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.3% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.0%
- 2016: 55.1%
- 2021: 53.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance leads the local workforce at 12.3%, followed by retail trade at 11.3%. Other significant sectors include agriculture, forestry and fishing at 10.4% and construction at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 18.0%. Professionals follow at 14.4%, with technicians and trades workers accounting for 12.5% of the 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 Tenterfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13807/tenterfield/topic/employment