2.0% ▼ -62.0%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Teesdale · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Teesdale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Teesdale compared to the rest of the state. This activity is paired with a very low unemployment rate of 2.0%, which is well below the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 67.5% of adults are in the workforce, a figure well above the Victorian average. While full-time employment is higher than in most similar areas, it has fallen 5.8 percentage points since 2011.
67.5% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 69.9%
- 2016: 63.4%
- 2021: 67.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.9% ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 63.7%
- 2016: 62.4%
- 2021: 57.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common at 15.0%, followed closely by construction at 14.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest group of workers at 20.5%, while professionals account for 17.9% of the local 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 Teesdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215082/teesdale/topic/employment