6.2% ▲ +27.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tallangatta · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tallangatta
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 51.1% of adults in Tallangatta are working or looking for work, a figure well below the national average. While full-time employment is fairly typical for the area, a higher than usual number of people are currently unemployed.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 6.2%, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia. This is much higher than most similar areas, where the typical adult is far more likely to be in the workforce.
51.1% ▼ -0.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.5%
- 2016: 52.5%
- 2021: 51.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.7% ▲ +2.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.4%
- 2016: 54.0%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 17%, while manufacturing and retail trade both employ 10.9% of the workforce. Construction and public administration also provide significant local jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up 16.8% of workers, the largest group in town. Labourers follow at 14.9%, with community and personal service workers representing 12.8% of 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 Tallangatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22426/tallangatta/topic/employment