4.8% ▼ -40.6%
Lower than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tweed · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Tweed
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Tweed than in most similar areas. Only 53.1% of adults are in the labour force, and full-time employment is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of people working full-time is among the lowest of similar areas at 50.3%, a figure that fell 3.4 percentage points since 2011. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is 4.8%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
53.1% ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 50.9%
- 2016: 50.9%
- 2021: 53.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.3% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 53.7%
- 2016: 53.5%
- 2021: 50.3%
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 for workers in Tweed at 17.6%, followed by construction at 12.2% and retail trade at 10.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation here at 19.7%, while technicians and trades workers make up 15.4% of the workforce.
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 Tweed [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10084/tweed/topic/employment