5.8% ▼ -47.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 5.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tweed Heads West · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tweed Heads West
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A smaller proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Tweed Heads West than in other similar areas. This is seen in the fact that only 48.6% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Few residents have full-time jobs, at 51.2%, which is well below the New South Wales figure. This trend is matched by an unemployment rate of 5.8%, which is much higher than in most other similar areas.
48.6% ▲ +6.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.7%
- 2016: 44.9%
- 2021: 48.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.2% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.8%
- 2016: 52.1%
- 2021: 51.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is largely employed in health care and social assistance (19.2%), followed by construction at 13.2% and retail trade at 12.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the biggest group at 17.7%, while 16.4% of people work in community and personal service roles.
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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14004/tweed-heads-west/topic/employment