3.9% ▼ -16.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cooks Hill · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cooks Hill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Cooks Hill compared to the rest of the state. This active workforce is largely employed in professional roles, with 68.4% of adults in the labour force—well above the national figure of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 68.4% of adults are working or looking for work, the unemployment rate is 3.9%, which is a little below both the state and national figures. Full-time employment sits at 58%, matching the New South Wales average.
68.4% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.6%
- 2016: 66.1%
- 2021: 68.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.0% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 65.1%
- 2021: 58.0%
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 here, employing 22% of the workforce. Other major sectors include education and training at 11.4% and professional and technical services at 11.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are very common, making up 38.9% of occupations. Community and personal service workers follow at 15.3%, with managers accounting for 13.3% 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 Cooks Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11019/cooks-hill/topic/employment