3.6% ▼ -23.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tatura · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tatura
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Tatura, where 14.4% of workers are in this field. The town sees a lower proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures. However, for those in the workforce, the unemployment rate is a little below the Victorian and Australian figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 56.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Among those employed, 58.8% are in full-time roles, a result about the same as the rest of the country.
56.4% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 53.9%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.8% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.4%
- 2016: 59.0%
- 2021: 58.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Jobs are spread across several key sectors, with 13.4% in manufacturing and 9.7% in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Other major employers include retail trade at 8.6% and construction at 8.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are professionals at 16.4% and labourers at 15.4%. Managers, technicians and trades workers follow closely, each making up about 14% 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 Tatura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22467/tatura/topic/employment