11.0% ▼ -57.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 11.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coomba Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Coomba Park
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Administrative and support roles are the most common industry for workers in Coomba Park. This area has a much smaller workforce than most, with a very high unemployment rate of 11.0%. Only 28.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Very few adults here are working or looking for work, and full-time employment is far below the New South Wales figure at 43.4%. This is consistent with the local unemployment rate of 11.0%, which is well above the national average.
28.3% ▲ +21.4%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
43.4% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.5%
- 2016: 46.5%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employers are in administrative and support services (11.3%), followed closely by retail trade and accommodation and food services, both at 10.7%. Manufacturing also employs 10.1% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 15.1%. Professionals are the next most common at 14.5%, while managers and sales workers both account for 13.2% of occupations.
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 Coomba Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11038/coomba-park/topic/employment