4.9% ▼ -28.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tighes Hill · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tighes Hill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Tighes Hill than in most other areas, with 71.9% of the adult population active. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. However, full-time employment is notably low, and the unemployment rate of 4.9% is higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While many adults here are active in the workforce, full-time employment at 52.5% is well below the national figure of 58.9%. The unemployment rate is 4.9%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
71.9% ▲ +19.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.2%
- 2016: 61.7%
- 2021: 71.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.5% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.2%
- 2016: 56.6%
- 2021: 52.5%
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 for residents at 21.2%, followed by education and training at 13.0%. Professional and technical roles account for 10.0% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 36.2%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 14.8% and technicians and tradespeople at 11.1%.
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 Tighes Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13880/tighes-hill/topic/employment