5.4% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 5.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Taigum · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Taigum
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A smaller slice of the local population is active in the workforce compared to other areas, which shapes daily life in Taigum. Only 56.1% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below the national average of 61.1%. This gap is paired with an unemployment rate of 5.4%, which is higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is less common here than in other parts of the state. While the share of full-time workers at 58.8% is about the same as the Australian figure, the overall employment rate remains well below the national average.
56.1% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.9%
- 2016: 59.7%
- 2021: 56.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.8% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.5%
- 2016: 63.4%
- 2021: 58.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common employer for locals, making up 19% of the workforce. Other significant industries include transport and warehousing at 9.9% and retail trade at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 20.2%. Clerical and administrative roles follow at 15.6%, with community and personal service workers accounting for 14.8% of the local 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 Taigum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32717/taigum/topic/employment