4.6% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tiwi · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tiwi
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people work full-time in Tiwi than in most similar areas, with 65.8% of the workforce in full-time roles. While the area has a strong core of full-time employment, the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is slightly lower than national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 58.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little below the Australian figure. The unemployment rate is 4.6%, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national rate.
58.7% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.2%
- 2016: 59.9%
- 2021: 58.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.8% ▼ -8.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.8%
- 2016: 68.4%
- 2021: 65.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here, employing 25.2% of people. Other major employers include public administration and safety at 15.0% and education and training at 11.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 34.3%. Clerical and administrative jobs make up 13.2% of the workforce, followed by technicians and trades at 11.3%.
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 Tiwi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70262/tiwi/topic/employment