5.8% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 5.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Koolewong · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Koolewong
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 Koolewong, where 16.2% of employed people work in this sector. The local job market is softer than in other areas, with an unemployment rate of 5.8% which is much higher than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 56.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also lower than most areas, sitting at 55.6%.
56.7% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.9%
- 2016: 61.1%
- 2021: 56.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.6% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.9%
- 2016: 59.9%
- 2021: 55.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, retail trade and education and training each employ 9.3% of the workforce, while construction accounts for 8.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 25.9%, followed by clerical and administrative workers at 14.5% and managers at 14.3%.
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 Koolewong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12194/koolewong/topic/employment