0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coolangatta · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Coolangatta
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A zero per cent unemployment rate marks the job market in Coolangatta, where almost no one is without work. While more adults are working or looking for work than in most similar areas, far fewer people hold full-time roles compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 63.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. However, full-time employment is much lower than most areas, at 49.2%.
63.9% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.2%
- 2016: 63.6%
- 2021: 63.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.2% ▲ +1.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.3%
- 2016: 49.1%
- 2021: 49.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local work is spread across several sectors, with construction leading at 15.6%. Retail trade, accommodation and food, and education and training each employ 12.3% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 20.1%, followed by technicians and trades at 17.9% and professionals at 16.8%.
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 Coolangatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11026/coolangatta/topic/employment