2.0% ▼ -62.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 2.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tottenham · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tottenham
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A huge gap in workforce participation defines Tottenham, where only 51.6% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Despite this, those who are employed are likely to be in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is common here, with 60.9% of the workforce in these roles, slightly above the New South Wales figure. This sits alongside a very low unemployment rate of 2.0%, which is well below the 5.1% seen across Australia.
51.6% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.6%
- 2016: 47.1%
- 2021: 51.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.9% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.4%
- 2016: 69.4%
- 2021: 60.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry for the area, employing 46.7% of the workforce. Other common sectors include education and training at 11.7% and health care and social assistance at 7.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up a large portion of the local workforce at 38.6%. Other common roles include professionals at 11.2%, followed by community and personal service workers, technicians and trades, and labourers, each around 10%.
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 Tottenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13941/tottenham/topic/employment