3.8% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Toongabbie · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Toongabbie
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Daily life in Toongabbie is shaped by a workforce largely employed in trades and health care. About 61.1% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that sits right around the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 3.8%, which is a little below the figures for both Victoria and Australia. Full-time employment stands at 56.9%, slightly lower than the state average of 59.2%.
61.1% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.4%
- 2016: 65.9%
- 2021: 61.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.9% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.0%
- 2016: 57.9%
- 2021: 56.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 15.5%, followed closely by construction at 14.9%. Retail trade (10.6%), agriculture (7.6%), and public administration (7.6%) also employ significant numbers of people.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
A large portion of the workforce are technicians and tradespeople at 20.9%. Other common roles include professionals at 13.7%, labourers at 12.5%, and clerical or administrative staff at 12.1%.
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 Toongabbie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22543/toongabbie/topic/employment