1.7% ▼ -71.2%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 1.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tom Price · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Tom Price
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Tom Price than in most similar areas. This is a high-employment hub where 76.1% of adults are in the labour force, and nearly half of all workers are employed in the mining industry.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local unemployment rate is very low at 1.7%, which is well below the national figure of 5.1%. Full-time employment is also strong at 67.1%, a figure that has risen since 2011.
76.1% ▲ +28.4%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.3%
- 2016: 47.7%
- 2021: 76.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.1% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 62.2%
- 2016: 57.1%
- 2021: 67.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the dominant employer in Tom Price, accounting for 47.5% of all jobs. Other main sectors include education and training at 10.4%, and health care and social assistance at 5.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
About a quarter of workers are machinery operators and drivers, with another 23.9% working as technicians and tradespeople. Professionals make up 11.7% of the local workforce.
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 Tom Price [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515033/tom-price/topic/employment