5.1% ▼ -41.0%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 5.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Toolamba · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Toolamba
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for people working in Toolamba. The area has a very strong connection to the workforce, with 68.5% of adults working or looking for work—a figure well above the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More people are in the workforce now than in 2011, with 64.9% of residents in full-time jobs. This is well above the Victorian figure of 59.2%. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate has fallen to 5.1%, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
68.5% ▲ +67.2%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 40.9%
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 68.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.9% ▲ +22.2%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 53.1%
- 2016: 70.5%
- 2021: 64.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local employment is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance leading at 14.6%. Other major employers include manufacturing at 13.5% and construction at 12.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles for locals are technicians and trades at 21.6%, followed by professionals at 15.2% and labourers at 14.0%.
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 Toolamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222092/toolamba/topic/employment