7.4% ▲ —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 7.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Towers Hill · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Towers Hill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Towers Hill, where 20.8% of people are employed in this sector. While full-time work is common for those employed, the area has a much lower rate of adults working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 48.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Those who are employed are mostly in full-time roles, though the unemployment rate of 7.4% is a little above the state and national averages.
48.8% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.3%
- 2016: 53.7%
- 2021: 48.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.4% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.6%
- 2016: 49.4%
- 2021: 58.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, the biggest employers are in retail trade (14.3%), construction (13.0%), and education and training (13.0%), while 6.5% of the workforce is in mining.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common type of worker at 18.2%, followed by sales workers at 14.3% and technicians and tradespeople at 13.0%.
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 Towers Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32864/towers-hill/topic/employment