4.5% ▼ -30.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tongala · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tongala
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer residents are in full-time work in Tongala compared to most similar areas. While the typical resident is employed, the town's workforce is smaller than the state average, with 58.7% of adults working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 55.8%. The unemployment rate is 4.5%, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state and national figures.
58.7% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.9%
- 2016: 56.4%
- 2021: 58.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.8% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.1%
- 2016: 59.2%
- 2021: 55.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy relies heavily on Agriculture, forestry and fishing, where 15.4% of people work. Health care and social assistance (14.9%) and Manufacturing (13.4%) are also major employers.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common workers at 17.8%, followed by technicians and trades at 16.1%. Managers make up 15.5% 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 Tongala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22528/tongala/topic/employment