1.1% ▼ -64.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 1.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Canobolas · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Canobolas
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Over a third of the workforce in Canobolas are managers, making it the most common role in the area. This is a productive community where a high proportion of adults are active in the workforce, while unemployment remains very low.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, with 66.8% of adults doing so, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. While the unemployment rate is very low at 1.1%, full-time employment is well below the state average at 51.7%.
66.8% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.6%
- 2016: 71.2%
- 2021: 66.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.7% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.7%
- 2016: 56.9%
- 2021: 51.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is led by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 15.1%, followed by education and training at 12.5% and health care and social assistance at 11.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Management roles are the most frequent occupation at 34.7%, with professionals making up 21.1% of the workforce. Other common roles include clerical and administrative work at 10.9%.
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 Canobolas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10792/canobolas/topic/employment