4.8% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tallawong · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Tallawong than in most other areas. This active workforce is largely stable, with 63.9% of residents in full-time roles, a figure well above the national average.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 74.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. While full-time employment is common, the unemployment rate is 4.8%, which is about the same as the national figure.
4.8% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
74.1% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.9% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employers in the area are health care and social assistance, which account for 13.6% of jobs. Professional and technical services follow at 10.7%, with retail trade making up 9.7% of the local workforce.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 31.2% of workers. Managers make up 14.1% of the workforce, while clerical and administrative roles account for 13.9%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Tallawong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13747/tallawong/topic/employment