3.5% ▼ -42.2%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tocumwal · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Tocumwal
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than four in ten adults are working or looking for work in Tocumwal, which is far below the national figure. While the local unemployment rate is low at 3.5%, the overall proportion of the population in the workforce has fallen since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 39.6% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the 61.1% seen across Australia. Full-time employment sits at 56.2%, which is a little below the state and national figures.
39.6% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.8%
- 2016: 52.3%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.2% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 58.0%
- 2016: 55.3%
- 2021: 56.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common industry at 11.6%. Manufacturing, retail trade, and construction each employ around 10% of the community.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest group of workers at 17.0%. Labourers follow at 14.7%, while managers and professionals account for 14.2% and 13.2% of local jobs respectively.
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 Tocumwal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115139/tocumwal/topic/employment