3.1% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tongarra · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tongarra
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Tongarra compared to the rest of the country. This high activity is paired with an unemployment rate of 3.1%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 77.6% of adults are in the workforce—far above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%—full-time employment at 56.7% is a little below the national average.
77.6% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 79.3%
- 2021: 77.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.7% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 67.2%
- 2021: 56.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for locals at 21.6%, followed closely by construction at 20.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group of workers at 22.7%, with professionals following at 17.5%.
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 Tongarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13918/tongarra/topic/employment