4.4% ▼ -34.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cooranbong · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cooranbong
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Cooranbong compared to most similar areas. While the unemployment rate is about the same as the national figure at 4.4%, the proportion of the population in the workforce is notably lower than across Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 57.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Australian figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also a little below the state and national averages, sitting at 56.2%.
57.2% ▲ +12.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.0%
- 2016: 51.2%
- 2021: 57.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.2% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.2%
- 2016: 58.7%
- 2021: 56.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 20.3%. Construction and education and training follow, accounting for 12.4% and 11.6% of jobs respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 23.2%, followed by technicians and trades at 17.1%. Community and personal service roles and clerical and administrative jobs each account for 12.1% 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 Cooranbong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11052/cooranbong/topic/employment