3.3% ▼ -32.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cobar · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cobar
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A full-time employment rate of 67.6% in Cobar is well above the national figure. This high level of stable work helps keep the local unemployment rate low at 3.3%. Most of the workforce is employed in the mining sector, which supports a strong base of technical and trade roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While the share of adults working or looking for work is 58.6%, which is about the same as the NSW figure, full-time employment is much higher here than in most similar areas.
58.6% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.8%
- 2016: 59.9%
- 2021: 58.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.6% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.5%
- 2016: 68.5%
- 2021: 67.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the dominant industry in Cobar, employing 34% of the workforce. Other key employers include retail trade at 7.8% and education and training at 7.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is led by technicians and trades at 20.9% and machinery operators and drivers at 19%, reflecting the area's industrial focus.
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 Cobar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10948/cobar/topic/employment