4.7% ▲ +97.7%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tottenham · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Tottenham
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Tottenham than in the rest of the country. Only 36.8% of adults are in the labour force, which is a huge gap compared to the national figure of 61.1%. This reflects a significant shift since 2011, when the number of people working or seeking jobs was 60.3%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 50.6%, a rate that has fallen since 2011. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is 4.7%, which is about the same as the state and national levels.
36.8% ▼ -39.0%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.3%
- 2016: 45.4%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.6% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 54.8%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 50.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry here, employing 26.6% of the workforce. Other notable sectors include public administration and safety at 11.4%, and education and training at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 20.3%. Community and personal service workers and labourers both account for 15.2% of occupations, followed by clerical staff and machinery operators at 11.4% each.
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 Tottenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122137/tottenham/topic/employment