2.3% ▲ +62.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Toll · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Toll
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Strong job security defines daily life in Toll, where full-time work is far more common than in most other areas. A high percentage of adults are working or looking for work, while the unemployment rate is very low at 2.3%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is very high at 68.7%, which is well above the national figure of 58.9%. This helps explain why the unemployment rate of 2.3% is much lower than most areas.
64.1% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.7%
- 2016: 63.4%
- 2021: 64.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
68.7% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.6%
- 2016: 65.1%
- 2021: 68.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is led by those in education and training at 17.7%, followed by health care and social assistance at 16.5%. Mining also makes up a significant part of the local economy at 9.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 20.6%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 15.3% and managers at 13.6%.
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 Toll [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32841/toll/topic/employment