7.6% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 7.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Talbot · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Talbot
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Manufacturing is the most common industry for workers in Talbot, where 19.6% of the local workforce is employed in this sector. The area faces significant employment challenges, with a very low number of adults working or looking for work and an unemployment rate that is a little above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 41.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the 61.1% seen across Australia. Among those who do work, full-time employment is well below the state average, and the unemployment rate of 7.6% is much higher than most similar areas.
41.1% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.2%
- 2016: 39.9%
- 2021: 41.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.4% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.3%
- 2016: 55.2%
- 2021: 53.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from manufacturing, the most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 14.1%, followed by retail trade at 10.4%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing account for 8.0% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers are the most common occupation at 17.8%. Managers make up 15.3% of the workforce, while labourers account for 13.5%.
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 Talbot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22423/talbot/topic/employment