4.1% ▼ -28.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tumbi Umbi · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tumbi Umbi
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people are in the workforce here than in most similar areas, with Tumbi Umbi seeing just 55.6% of adults working or looking for work. This is well below the national figure of 61.1%. While the unemployment rate is 4.1%, the local area struggles with a much lower rate of full-time employment compared to the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 51.4%, which is well below both the New South Wales figure of 58.0% and the national average. The 4.1% unemployment rate is about the same as the state's 4.9%.
55.6% ▼ -1.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.6%
- 2016: 57.1%
- 2021: 55.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.4% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.4%
- 2016: 59.9%
- 2021: 51.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employers in the area are health care and social assistance at 16.4%, followed by construction at 13.7% and retail trade at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 19.2%, while technicians and tradespeople make up 16.2% 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 Tumbi Umbi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13980/tumbi-umbi/topic/employment