South Coogee · Suburb / Locality

Jobs & Industry in South Coogee

Name: Jobs & Industry in South Coogee — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Employment patterns in South Coogee have remained steady over the last decade, with a workforce heavily skewed toward professional roles. The area is defined by a high concentration of managers and professionals, though fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to the national average.

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📍 South Coogee, Suburb / Locality

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Only 55.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Australian figure of 61.1%. While full-time employment sits at 57.7%, the unemployment rate of 4.6% is higher than in most similar areas.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 14.5%, followed by professional and technical services at 12.9%. Other major employers include education and training, and public administration and safety.

Industries people work in

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South Coogee splits fairly evenly between Health care & social assistance (15%) and Professional & technical (14%), with Education & training at 10%.

Health care & social assistance 14.5% Professional & technical 12.9% Education & training 9.4% Public administration & safety 7.7% Finance & insurance 7.5% Construction 7.4% Retail trade 7.1% Accommodation & food 4.2% Transport & warehousing 3.6% Media & telecommunications 3.4%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

The workforce is dominated by high-level roles, with professionals making up 35.3% of jobs and managers accounting for another 23.7%. Clerical and administrative positions are the next most common at 11.7%.

Occupations people work in

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In South Coogee, the largest group is Professionals at 36%, followed by Managers (24%) and Clerical & administrative (12%).

Professionals 35.3% Managers 23.7% Clerical & administrative 11.7% Community & personal service 8.2% Sales workers 7.3% Technicians & trades 6.6% Labourers 3.1% Machinery operators & drivers 1.8%

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 South Coogee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13595/south-coogee/topic/employment

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