3.6% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Colebee · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Colebee
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults in Colebee are working or looking for work than in most similar areas. This is a highly active workforce where 72.6% of adults are engaged in the labour market, a figure far above the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is very common here at 65%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58%. The unemployment rate is 3.6%, a little below both the state and national rates.
72.6% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 75.6%
- 2021: 72.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.0% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 76.7%
- 2021: 65.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 15.4%. Other significant sectors include retail trade at 8.9% and manufacturing at 7.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 28.3%. Clerical and administrative roles are also common at 16.2%, followed by managers at 15.2%.
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 Colebee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10965/colebee/topic/employment