4.7% ▼ -36.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tewantin · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tewantin
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Tewantin, where 14% of workers are in this sector. The area has a much smaller proportion of people working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 49.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also far below the state average, with only 46.4% of people in this category.
49.1% ▼ -1.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.0%
- 2016: 50.1%
- 2021: 49.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.4% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.5%
- 2016: 51.4%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is spread across several sectors, with 13.3% in accommodation and food, 12.3% in retail trade, and 10.7% in construction.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are technicians and trades at 16.5%, followed by professionals at 15.3% and community and personal service workers at 14.8%.
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 Tewantin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32774/tewantin/topic/employment