4.4% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tecoma · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tecoma
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Education and training is the most common industry for workers in Tecoma, where 14.4% of employees work in this field. The area is marked by a very high number of adults working or looking for work, which is well above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 69.6% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above the 61.1% national average. The unemployment rate is 4.4%, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures, though higher than most similar areas.
69.6% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.7%
- 2016: 69.0%
- 2021: 69.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.2% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.0%
- 2016: 56.6%
- 2021: 57.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local jobs are spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance at 11.5%, followed by construction at 10.3% and retail trade at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in four workers is a professional, making up 25.4% of the workforce. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 15.4%, and managers at 13.5%.
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 Tecoma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22476/tecoma/topic/employment