5.0% ▼ -35.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tungamah · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tungamah
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 50.4% of adults in Tungamah are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This is a sparsely populated area where nearly a quarter of the workforce is tied to the land. While many residents are not in the workforce, those who are employed mostly hold full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is much lower than in most similar areas. The unemployment rate is 5.0%, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
50.4% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.9%
- 2016: 49.6%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.7% ▲ +11.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.9%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 56.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer for 22.2% of workers, followed by construction at 12.9% and health care and social assistance at 11.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group at 20.5%, while 16.4% of workers are machinery operators and drivers and 15.2% are labourers.
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 Tungamah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22587/tungamah/topic/employment