11.3% ▲ +25.2%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 11.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cookamidgera · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cookamidgera
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more people work full-time in Cookamidgera than in most similar areas, with 69.2% of the workforce in these roles. While this is well above the national figure, the area faces a significant challenge with an unemployment rate of 11.3%, which is among the highest for areas of this size.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work here (56.3%) compared to the state and national figures. This lower participation is coupled with an unemployment rate that is well above the Australian average of 5.1%.
56.3% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.8%
- 2016: 50.8%
- 2021: 56.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
69.2% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.8%
- 2016: 82.8%
- 2021: 69.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry at 16.9%, followed by retail trade at 12.3% and mining at 10.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 24.6%, while technicians and trades account for 23.1% 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 Cookamidgera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11016/cookamidgera/topic/employment