2.0% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coleambally · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Coleambally
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Coleambally compared to the rest of the country. This activity is reflected in a strong employment rate, with 67.8% of adults in the labour force.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is very common here at 66.5%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. This high level of employment is mirrored by a low unemployment rate of 2.0%, well below the national figure of 5.1%.
67.8% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.3%
- 2016: 63.9%
- 2021: 67.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.5% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.7%
- 2016: 63.6%
- 2021: 66.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry in Coleambally, employing 45.8% of the workforce. Other main employers include education and training at 10.2% and construction at 6.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up a large portion of the local workforce at 36.1%. Professionals account for 12.3%, followed by clerical and administrative workers at 11.8% and labourers at 10.7%.
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 Coleambally [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10964/coleambally/topic/employment