0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Talbot · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Talbot
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A zero per cent unemployment rate makes Talbot stand out as a place where almost everyone who wants a job has one. While most adults are working or looking for work, the area is heavily weighted toward farming and management roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is around the middle for similar areas. Full-time employment sits at 60.0%, a figure slightly above the national average.
61.5% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 64.2%
- 2021: 61.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.0% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 54.1%
- 2021: 60.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 43.6% of the workforce. Other common sectors include health care and social assistance at 14.5%, and administrative support at 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Over half of the workforce (50.9%) are managers, while 12.7% work as professionals. Other roles are more evenly split between community services, machinery operation, and clerical work, each around 7% to 9%.
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 Talbot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51424/talbot/topic/employment