6.1% ▼ -33.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 6.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coffs Harbour · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Coffs Harbour
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower proportion of people are in the workforce in Coffs Harbour compared to the state and national averages. Only 52.9% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below the 61.1% seen across Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Unemployment is a little above the national figure at 6.1%. Full-time work is also well below the state average, with only 52.5% of the workforce in full-time roles.
52.9% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.3%
- 2016: 51.4%
- 2021: 52.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.5% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.4%
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 52.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 20.5%, followed by retail trade at 11.6% and accommodation and food services at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 18.9%, while community and personal service workers make up 15.1% of the local workforce.
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 Coffs Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10959/coffs-harbour/topic/employment