16.7% ▲ +53.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 16.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Talbingo · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Talbingo
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A massive gap exists between Talbingo and the rest of the country, with only 30.3% of adults working or looking for work. This is far below the national figure of 61.1%, reflecting a community where very few people are engaged in the formal workforce.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 16.7%, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 4.9%. Full-time employment is also well below the state and national averages, sitting at 54.4%.
30.3% ▼ -35.7%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.2%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.4% ▼ -25.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.0%
- 2016: 61.0%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Talbingo is led by accommodation and food services at 17.5%, followed by retail trade at 10.5% and electricity, gas and water at 8.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is split evenly between managers and labourers, who each make up 28.1% of occupations, while community and personal service workers account for 22.8%.
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 Talbingo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13745/talbingo/topic/employment