13.3% ▲ +23.7%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tomago · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tomago
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A 13.3% unemployment rate is among the highest for similar areas in Tomago. Very few adults here are working or looking for work, and full-time employment is well below both state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 33.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas at 50.7%.
33.6% ▼ -40.0%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.0%
- 2016: 42.0%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.7% ▼ -34.0%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 76.8%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is split evenly across a few sectors, with manufacturing and transport and warehousing both at 16.9%, followed by health care and social assistance at 15.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group at 23.9%, followed by technicians and trades at 18.3% and machinery operators and drivers at 16.9%.
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 Tomago [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13907/tomago/topic/employment