0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Towrang · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Towrang
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Construction is the biggest industry for the people of Towrang, with 22.2% of workers in the field. This is a place where full-time work is very common, though fewer adults are working or looking for work overall compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below the national figure of 5.1%. While 53.6% of adults are working or looking for work—well below the New South Wales figure—those who are employed are most likely to be full-time, at 63.9%.
53.6% ▲ +3.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.9%
- 2016: 55.3%
- 2021: 53.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.9% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 72.5%
- 2021: 63.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond construction, the main industries for the area are health care and social assistance at 9.7%. Agriculture, mining, and retail trade each account for 5.6% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are technicians and trades workers at 13.9%. Professionals and clerical and administrative staff each make up 12.5% of the workforce, followed by labourers at 9.7% and managers at 8.3%.
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 Towrang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13948/towrang/topic/employment