3.5% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tarcutta · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Tarcutta
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults in Tarcutta are working or looking for work compared to the state or national figures. However, those who are employed often have secure roles, with 61.5% working full-time. This is much higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work fell 19 points since 2011 to 51.2%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. On the plus side, unemployment is only 3.5%, a little below the national rate of 5.1%.
51.2% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 70.4%
- 2016: 51.0%
- 2021: 51.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.5% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 57.2%
- 2016: 52.6%
- 2021: 61.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade is the most common industry at 15.4%, followed by accommodation and food, and education and training, which both sit at 12.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Local jobs are spread across several roles, with community and personal service workers and machinery operators and drivers each making up 16.7% 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 Tarcutta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122128/tarcutta/topic/employment