0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Timor · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment is much higher in Timor than in most similar areas, with 69.6% of the workforce in secure, full-time roles. While the local unemployment rate is very low at 0.0%, far fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 35.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Despite this, those who are employed are overwhelmingly in full-time positions, far exceeding the national average of 58.9%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
35.9% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
69.6% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common at 26.1%. Professional and technical services follow at 21.7%, while retail trade and hospitality both account for 17.4%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service roles are the most frequent occupation at 30.4%. Managers make up 17.4% of the workforce, while technicians, trades, machinery operators and drivers each account for 13.0%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Timor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22519/timor/topic/employment