7.7% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 7.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coonamble · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Coonamble
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Coonamble than in most similar areas, at only 47.3%. While full-time employment is slightly more common than the national figure, the area faces a much higher unemployment rate than most other places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is a little more common here at 60.4% compared to 58.9% nationally. However, the unemployment rate is 7.7%, which is a little above the Australian figure of 5.1%.
47.3% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.0%
- 2016: 48.5%
- 2021: 47.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.4% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.4%
- 2016: 62.0%
- 2021: 60.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 16.9%, followed by education and training at 15.2% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 14.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up the largest group at 16.0%, closely followed by managers at 15.7% and professionals at 15.2%.
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 Coonamble [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11044/coonamble/topic/employment