7.5% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 7.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tuntable Creek · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tuntable Creek
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A small number of local jobs support daily life in Tuntable Creek, where only 54.1% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well below both the state and national figures. While the area has a diverse mix of roles, it faces a higher unemployment rate than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 32.3% of residents are employed full-time, which is far below the Australian average of 58.9%. This is consistent with an unemployment rate of 7.5%, which is a little above the national figure of 5.1%.
54.1% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 61.5%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
32.3% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several fields, with health care and social assistance being the most common at 19.4%. Other key industries include education and training at 14% and accommodation and food services at 11.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 23.7%, followed by community and personal service workers at 21.5%. Managers and labourers are also common, each accounting for 14% 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 Tuntable Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13989/tuntable-creek/topic/employment