6.6% ▼ -36.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 6.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Toormina · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Toormina
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A low workforce rate of 48.6% defines the employment landscape in Toormina, where far fewer adults are working or looking for work than in most other areas. This trend is paired with an unemployment rate of 6.6%, which is a little above the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is less common here than in most areas, with 49.6% of residents employed full-time—well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. This helps explain why the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below the national average.
48.6% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.3%
- 2016: 48.1%
- 2021: 48.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.6% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.5%
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 49.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 20.4%, followed by retail trade at 13.7% and accommodation and food services at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up the largest group at 16.9%, with labourers at 14.8% and professionals at 14.6% also common among the local workforce.
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 Toormina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13930/toormina/topic/employment