6.5% ▼ -31.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 6.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coopernook · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Coopernook
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Coopernook, where 21.9% of people are employed in this field. The area is sparsely populated and has a small workforce, with far fewer adults working or looking for work than the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 51.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Australian figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the state average at 50.2%, while the unemployment rate of 6.5% is a little above the national figure.
51.1% ▲ +6.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.2%
- 2016: 50.6%
- 2021: 51.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.2% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.4%
- 2016: 49.0%
- 2021: 50.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, retail trade is a major employer at 12.1%, followed by construction at 8.9% and education and training at 8.5%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing also support 8.1% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are technicians and trades, making up 18.6% of workers. Other frequent roles include community and personal service workers at 15.8% and managers at 13.4%.
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 Coopernook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11047/coopernook/topic/employment