3.4% ▼ -41.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tallong · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tallong
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Just over half of the adults in Tallong are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure. This is a small workforce where only 55.3% of people are employed full-time, a rate lower than most similar areas. Despite this, the unemployment rate of 3.4% is a little below the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment at 55.3% is also lower than most areas.
54.9% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.0%
- 2016: 54.3%
- 2021: 54.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.3% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.0%
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 55.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 12.7%, followed by health care and social assistance at 10.4% and education and training at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 16.5%, while technicians and tradespeople follow closely at 16.0%.
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 Tallong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13749/tallong/topic/employment