3.9% ▼ -31.5%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tieri · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Tieri
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Tieri (L) has one of the highest employment rates of any similar area, with a massive 77.3% of adults working or looking for work. This strong job market is dominated by the mining sector, which employs 60.3% of the local workforce.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well above the national figure at 66.7%, a rate that has risen since 2011. This high level of activity is reflected in the unemployment rate, which is just 3.9% and lower than most areas.
77.3% ▲ +51.1%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 51.2%
- 2016: 56.4%
- 2021: 77.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.7% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 58.6%
- 2021: 66.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the clear driver of the local economy, employing 60.3% of the workforce. Other smaller roles are found in health care and social assistance (6.2%), retail trade (4.9%), and education and training (4.9%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is heavily weighted toward technical roles, with machinery operators and drivers making up 24.1% of jobs and technicians and trades accounting for 23.1%.
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 Tieri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321104/tieri/topic/employment