14.4% ▲ +103.2%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 14.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tingha · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Tingha
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Tingha, where nearly 24% of the workforce is in this sector. The area faces significant job challenges, with an unemployment rate of 14.4% that is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 32.9% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen 26 points since 2011. Full-time employment has also dropped 12 points over the last decade to 48.6%.
32.9% ▼ -44.6%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.3%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.6% ▼ -20.3%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 48.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, the main industries for workers are construction at 14.7%, manufacturing at 10.1%, and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 9.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Common jobs in the area are in community and personal service (27.5%) and as labourers (21.1%), followed by technicians and trades at 13.8%.
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 Tingha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122132/tingha/topic/employment