3.9% ▲ +206.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tieri · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tieri
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Tieri than in the rest of the country. This workforce is dominated by the mining sector, with 60.4% of residents employed in that industry.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working life is very active here, with 76.2% of adults in the labour force, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also much higher than most areas at 67.9%, while the unemployment rate is a little below the national level at 3.9%.
76.2% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.8%
- 2016: 67.7%
- 2021: 76.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.9% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 75.1%
- 2016: 69.9%
- 2021: 67.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the primary employer in Tieri, accounting for 60.4% of all jobs. Other common industries include health care and social assistance at 6.2%, followed by retail trade and education at 4.9% each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is heavily weighted toward technical roles, with machinery operators and drivers making up 24.2% of jobs. Technicians and trades people follow closely at 23.1%, while professionals account for 12.9% of occupations.
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 Tieri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32825/tieri/topic/employment