6.8% ▲ +36.8%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 6.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tin Can Bay · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Tin Can Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than one in three adults in Tin Can Bay are currently working or looking for work. This low level of employment is a defining feature of the local economy, where the proportion of full-time workers has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 25.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment has fallen 12 points since 2011 to 43%, while the unemployment rate has risen slightly to 6.8%.
25.5% ▼ -48.6%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 49.6%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
43.0% ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 54.9%
- 2016: 46.7%
- 2021: 43.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade is the most common industry here at 12.7%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.7% and accommodation and food at 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 18.4%, with technicians and tradespeople following at 14.3%.
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 Tin Can Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315092/tin-can-bay/topic/employment