3.3% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coogee · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Coogee
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A massive 75.1% of adults in Coogee are working or looking for work, a figure far above the national average. This high level of activity is driven by a workforce that is overwhelmingly employed full-time, with most residents holding high-level professional roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is much higher than most areas at 68%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58%. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is 3.3%, slightly below the national figure of 5.1%.
75.1% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.6%
- 2016: 72.7%
- 2021: 75.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
68.0% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.4%
- 2016: 72.3%
- 2021: 68.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the biggest employer here at 17.1%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.2%. Other main industries include education and training, construction, and finance.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is heavily skewed toward high-level roles, with professionals making up 42.7% of jobs and managers accounting for 20.2%. Clerical and administrative roles follow at 10.6%.
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 Coogee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11015/coogee/topic/employment