2.3% ▼ -74.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 2.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coorabell · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Coorabell
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people are in the workforce in Coorabell than in most similar areas, with only 52.9% of adults working or looking for work. This is well below the national figure of 61.1%, reflecting a community where a smaller proportion of the population is employed.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is far less common here than across Australia, with only 43.5% of residents employed full-time. Despite this, the unemployment rate is 2.3%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
52.9% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.8%
- 2016: 60.2%
- 2021: 52.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
43.5% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.0%
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, led by health care and social assistance at 15.9% and professional and technical services at 12.1%. Construction follows closely at 11.7%, while agriculture, forestry and fishing account for 8.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 35%, followed by managers at 22%. Other significant groups include technicians and trades at 12.1% and clerical or administrative workers at 8.9%.
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 Coorabell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11051/coorabell/topic/employment