4.0% ▼ -34.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cudgen · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cudgen
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 Cudgen, where 17.1% of people are employed in this sector. The area has a strong workforce, with a higher proportion of adults working or looking for work than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 66.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. However, full-time work is less common here, at 50.1%, which is well below the national figure of 58.9%.
66.3% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.2%
- 2016: 65.0%
- 2021: 66.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.1% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.7%
- 2016: 56.9%
- 2021: 50.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the biggest employers are in education and training (11.6%), construction (10.5%), and retail trade (8.8%). Agriculture, forestry and fishing also employ 8.6% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 24.6%. Other common roles include technicians and trades (13.9%), community and personal service workers (12.2%), and managers (11.8%).
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 Cudgen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11144/cudgen/topic/employment