5.7% ▼ -44.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tweed Heads · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tweed Heads
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people are working or looking for work in Tweed Heads compared to most similar areas. Only 46.3% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This lower workforce activity is paired with an unemployment rate of 5.7%, which is much higher than most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the state average, with only 48.4% of people working full-time. This is far below the Australian figure of 58.9%.
46.3% ▲ +10.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 42.7%
- 2021: 46.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.4% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.7%
- 2016: 53.9%
- 2021: 48.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 18.7%, followed by construction at 11.7% and accommodation and food services at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 19.9%. Community and personal service workers make up 16.2%, while technicians and tradespeople account for 15.7% 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 Tweed Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14002/tweed-heads/topic/employment