3.1% ▼ -61.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coramba · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Coramba
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Coramba, where 19% of the workforce is found in this sector. More adults here are working or looking for work than in the state or national figures, though full-time roles are less common than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. While the unemployment rate is a little below the national figure at 3.1%, full-time employment is well below the Australian average.
62.5% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.6%
- 2016: 61.8%
- 2021: 62.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.6% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 51.1%
- 2021: 53.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is led by health care and social assistance at 19%, followed by construction at 11.1% and retail trade at 9.6%. Other notable employers include education and training and accommodation and food, both at 7.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 16.8%, with professionals close behind at 16%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 14.1%, clerical and administrative staff at 12.3%, and labourers at 12.1%.
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 Coramba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11065/coramba/topic/employment