4.0% ▼ -34.3%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Talbot · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Talbot
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Talbot than in most similar areas. While the unemployment rate is a low 4%, only 39.4% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work rose slightly to 39.4% since 2011, though this remains far below the Victorian average. Full-time employment fell by 9.5 percentage points over a decade to 54.4%.
39.4% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.0%
- 2016: 64.8%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.4% ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 63.9%
- 2016: 55.3%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Jobs in the area are split evenly between manufacturing and health care and social assistance, each accounting for 20% of the workforce. Transport and warehousing follow at 12.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 21.1%. Labourers (15.6%) and clerical or administrative staff (14.4%) also represent a significant portion of local jobs.
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/ucl/UCL222088/talbot/topic/employment