4.3% ▼ -32.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cobram · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cobram
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Cobram compared to the rest of the country. Only 48.6% of adults are in the labour force, which is 13 percentage points lower than the Australian figure. This gap defines the local job market, where full-time employment is also lower than the state average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While only 48.6% of adults are working or looking for work, the unemployment rate is 4.3%, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia. Full-time employment stands at 56.2%, which is well below the state average of 59.2%.
48.6% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.9%
- 2016: 47.1%
- 2021: 48.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.2% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 56.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is heavily concentrated in Agriculture, forestry and fishing at 14.1%, followed closely by Manufacturing at 13.8%. Health care and social assistance (11.1%) and Retail trade (10.5%) also employ significant numbers of people.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 22.8%. Other common roles include Managers at 14.5%, Technicians and trades at 13.1%, and Community and personal service workers at 11.5%.
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 Cobram [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20592/cobram/topic/employment