4.5% ▼ -18.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Collie · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Collie
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly 68% of people in Collie (NSW) have full-time jobs, a figure well above the national average. The area has a high proportion of working adults and is dominated by a strong agricultural workforce.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, with 64.7% of adults in the labour force, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment is also much higher than in most areas at 67.8%, while the unemployment rate is 4.5%.
64.7% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 78.1%
- 2016: 71.4%
- 2021: 64.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.8% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.3%
- 2016: 81.9%
- 2021: 67.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main industry for the area, employing 64.4% of the workforce. Other roles are split more evenly across construction, retail, education, and health care, each around 5.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Over half of the workforce are managers, accounting for 56.7% of occupations. Professionals make up 14.4%, while technicians, trades, and labourers each represent 10.0% of the local jobs.
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 Collie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10975/collie/topic/employment