0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coolac · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Coolac
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Zero percent unemployment makes Coolac a place where almost every working-age adult has a job. This high level of employment is driven by a strong local workforce, with 65.6% of adults working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults here are working or looking for work than in most similar areas, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also slightly higher than the state average at 60.2%.
65.6% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.6%
- 2016: 65.3%
- 2021: 65.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.2% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.6%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 60.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry, employing 39.1% of the workforce. Other common fields include public administration and safety at 8.6%, and construction and hospitality both at 6.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 35.2%, followed by professionals at 17.2%. Labourers make up 14.1% of the local workforce, while technicians and trades account for 10.9%.
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 Coolac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11022/coolac/topic/employment