4.8% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cobargo · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cobargo
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Cobargo than in most similar areas. Only 49.9% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This reflects a local job market where full-time employment is notably low.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 42.2% of residents have full-time jobs, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 58.0%. While the unemployment rate is 4.8%, this is about the same as the state and national figures.
49.9% ▲ +2.2%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.8%
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 49.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
42.2% ▼ -23.3%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.0%
- 2016: 46.9%
- 2021: 42.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common industry at 12.3%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing follow closely at 11.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers and technicians or trades are the most common roles, each making up 18.2% of the workforce. Labourers account for 13.6% of occupations, while professionals make up 12.7%.
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 Cobargo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10950/cobargo/topic/employment