0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tarwin · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Zero per cent unemployment marks the local job market in Tarwin. This is a highly active community where a very large proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 70.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also very high at 67.7%, sitting well above both Victoria and Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
70.5% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.7% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Almost half of the workforce, 48.4%, is employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Health care and social assistance is the next most common industry at 9.7%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is dominated by managers, who make up 51.6% of occupations. Professionals account for another 22.6% of the people employed in the area.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Tarwin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22464/tarwin/topic/employment