17.0% ▲ +114.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 17.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tara · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tara
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer in Tara, where 17.1% of the workforce is in this sector. While the town is a key farming hub, it faces significant challenges with an unemployment rate of 17.0%, which is far above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 41.3% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the 61.1% national average. Full-time employment stands at 56.2%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
41.3% ▼ -3.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.6%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.2% ▼ -9.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.4%
- 2016: 62.8%
- 2021: 56.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for locals are agriculture, forestry and fishing at 17.1%, followed by education and training at 14.6% and public administration and safety at 12.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers and labourers are the most common roles, each making up 16.2% of the workforce. Community and personal service workers follow at 13.0%, while professionals and machinery operators both sit at 12.1%.
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 Tara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32745/tara/topic/employment