3.3% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tooborac · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tooborac
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A smaller share of adults are working or looking for work in Tooborac compared to previous years. Only 54.5% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the Victorian and national figures. This low activity is mirrored in full-time employment, which is also much lower than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just over half of the population (52.7%) are employed full-time, a figure well below the national average. While fewer people are working, the unemployment rate is a little below the state and national figures at 3.3%.
54.5% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.7%
- 2016: 57.3%
- 2021: 54.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.7% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.1%
- 2016: 61.6%
- 2021: 52.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry here, employing 15.3% of the workforce, followed by construction at 12.7% and health care and social assistance at 10.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly a quarter of workers are managers, making it the most common occupation at 24.7%. Technicians and trades follow at 15.3%, with professionals and clerical roles also making up significant shares of the 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 Tooborac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22533/tooborac/topic/employment