0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cooks Myalls · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cooks Myalls
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A remarkably high number of adults in Cooks Myalls are working or looking for work. This is a productive local economy where 81.6% of the adult population is active in the workforce, a figure far above the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Zero percent unemployment means the local job market is tighter than most areas, sitting well below both the state and national figures. Full-time employment is around the middle for similar areas at 58.1%.
81.6% ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.3%
- 2016: 59.5%
- 2021: 81.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.1% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.6%
- 2016: 69.2%
- 2021: 58.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant employer for over half of the workforce at 51.6%. Retail trade and health care and social assistance each make up 16.1% of local jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managerial roles are very common here, accounting for 58.1% of all occupations. Professionals, technicians and trades, and labourers each make up 9.7% of the 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 Myalls [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11020/cooks-myalls/topic/employment