Townsend · Suburb / Locality

Jobs & Industry in Townsend

Name: Jobs & Industry in Townsend — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

A smaller share of adults are working or looking for work in Townsend compared to previous years. Only 48.4% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This trend is mirrored in full-time employment, which is also well below the state and national averages.

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📍 Townsend, Suburb / Locality

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

The number of adults working or looking for work is much lower than most areas at 48.4%. Full-time employment is also well below the national figure at 52%, though the unemployment rate of 3.7% is a little below the Australian average.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Retail trade is the most common industry here at 18.5%, followed closely by health care and social assistance at 17.7%. Other notable sectors include education and training at 8.8% and accommodation and food services at 7.5%.

Industries people work in

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Townsend splits fairly evenly between Retail trade (19%) and Health care & social assistance (19%), with Education & training at 9%.

Retail trade 18.5% Health care & social assistance 17.7% Education & training 8.8% Accommodation & food 7.5% Public administration & safety 6.7% Construction 5.4% Administrative & support 4.8% Manufacturing 4.6% Other services 4.3% Wholesale trade 4.0%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 16.6%, with community and personal service workers following at 15.5%. Professionals and technicians and trades workers both account for around 13% of the local workforce.

Occupations people work in

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Townsend splits fairly evenly between Labourers (17%) and Community & personal service (16%), with Professionals at 14%.

Labourers 16.6% Community & personal service 15.5% Professionals 13.7% Technicians & trades 13.1% Sales workers 12.6% Clerical & administrative 9.1% Managers 8.3% Machinery operators & drivers 8.0%

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 Townsend [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13946/townsend/topic/employment

Townsend	3.7%
2463, NSW	5.6%
New South Wales	4.9%
Australia	5.1%

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