7.8% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 7.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tresco · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tresco
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More than a quarter of workers in Tresco are managers, which is the most common role in the area. The local workforce is smaller than in most other regions, with a much lower number of full-time jobs compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 55.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate of 7.8% is much higher than in most similar areas.
55.8% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.0%
- 2016: 55.9%
- 2021: 55.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.3% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.1%
- 2016: 62.5%
- 2021: 49.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main industry for 16% of workers, followed by retail trade at 12% and education and training at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up 26.7% of the workforce. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 14.7% and labourers at 13.3%.
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 Tresco [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22579/tresco/topic/employment