0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cow Flat · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Few people are in the workforce in Cow Flat, but those who are tend to be very secure. Only 47.9% of adults are working or looking for work, though those employed are overwhelmingly in full-time roles.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A far lower proportion of adults work or seek work than in the rest of Australia, yet the unemployment rate is well below the national figure at 0.0%. Among those employed, 65.2% are full-time, which is well above the New South Wales figure.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
47.9% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.2% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is spread across several sectors, with construction, accommodation and food, and professional and technical services each making up 21.7% of the workforce.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 34.8%, followed by professionals at 26.1%. Other roles include community and personal service workers and machinery operators, each at 17.4%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Cow Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11095/cow-flat/topic/employment