3.2% ▲ +122.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tennyson · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tennyson
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More than 64% of people who work in Tennyson have full-time jobs, a figure well above the national average. This suggests a workforce with high employment stability compared to other areas. The local job market is largely defined by a high concentration of professional roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 59.5% of adults are working or looking for work—slightly below the national figure of 61.1%—the unemployment rate is a little lower than both the state and national averages at 3.2%.
59.5% ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.9%
- 2016: 64.9%
- 2021: 59.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.2% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.0%
- 2016: 64.3%
- 2021: 64.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the most common industry here at 15.6%, followed closely by health care and social assistance at 15.0% and education and training at 11.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is dominated by high-skill roles, with professionals making up 38.7% of occupations and managers accounting for a further 20.4%.
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 Tennyson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32771/tennyson/topic/employment