3.6% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coal Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Coal Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Coal Point compared to the rest of the country. Only 54.9% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Despite this, the unemployment rate is quite low at 3.6%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the state average, with 53.4% of residents in these roles. This is lower than most similar areas and sits 4.6 percentage points below the New South Wales figure.
54.9% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.3%
- 2016: 57.1%
- 2021: 54.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.4% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 55.7%
- 2021: 53.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 14.6%, followed by construction at 10.5% and professional and technical services at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 27.6%, while 18.4% of the workforce are managers. Clerical and administrative roles account for 14.4% of jobs.
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 Coal Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10942/coal-point/topic/employment