3.4% ▼ -61.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Thora · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Thora
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people work full-time in Thora than in most similar areas. While 58% of adults are working or looking for work, the share of full-time employees is far below the national figure, sitting at only 43.9%. This creates a local job market that differs significantly from the state and national patterns.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 58% of adults are working or looking for work, which is around the middle for similar areas. The unemployment rate is 3.4%, a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
58.0% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.4%
- 2016: 55.2%
- 2021: 58.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
43.9% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.5%
- 2016: 54.1%
- 2021: 43.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing leading at 13.7%. Other common industries include health care and social assistance at 12.9% and education and training at 10.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 19.4%, followed closely by professionals at 18.7% and technicians and trades at 18%. Community and personal service workers account for 12.2% of the population.
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 Thora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13865/thora/topic/employment