3.0% ▼ -23.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Toolleen · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Toolleen
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Toolleen compared to the state and national figures. While the unemployment rate is a little lower than the Victorian average at 3.0%, a smaller share of the population is engaged in the workforce overall.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 56.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian rate of 62.4%. Full-time employment sits at 56.4%, a little below the national figure of 58.9%.
56.9% ▲ +10.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.4%
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 56.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.4% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.1%
- 2016: 47.8%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry for local workers at 20.2%, followed by manufacturing at 13.8% and construction at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 23.4%, while managers and professionals are equally common at 21.3% each.
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 Toolleen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22538/toolleen/topic/employment