5.3% ▼ -35.9%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 5.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coffs Harbour · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Coffs Harbour
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 53.1% of workers in Coffs Harbour are in full-time roles, a figure well below the national average. This suggests a local workforce heavily reliant on part-time or casual work. While unemployment has dropped since 2011, the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work remains low.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 55.5%, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment has fallen by 2.1 percentage points since 2011, though the unemployment rate has also improved, falling to 5.3%.
55.5% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 55.2%
- 2016: 53.6%
- 2021: 55.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.1% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 55.2%
- 2016: 55.1%
- 2021: 53.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 19.2%. Other major industries include retail trade at 10.7%, construction at 10.0%, and education and training at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.8%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 14.3% and technicians and tradespeople at 13.3%.
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 Coffs Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11800/coffs-harbour/topic/employment