7.7% ▼ -12.3%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 7.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coomalie · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Coomalie
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 43.9% of adults in Coomalie are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure. This is a striking gap for the area, where full-time employment has also fallen by 12 points since 2011. The local job market faces challenges, with an unemployment rate of 7.7% that is higher than both the territory and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is much lower than most areas, sitting at 43.9%. This is far below the Northern Territory's 61.7% and the Australian figure of 61.1%.
43.9% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 53.1%
- 2016: 47.1%
- 2021: 43.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.3% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 66.3%
- 2016: 66.8%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Education and training is the most common industry for local workers at 16.6%, followed by accommodation and food services at 11.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Job roles are varied, with managers making up 17.2% of the workforce, followed closely by professionals at 16.3% and labourers at 16.1%.
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 Coomalie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA70700/coomalie/topic/employment