5.0% ▼ -14.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 5.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coburg · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Coburg
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Coburg compared to the rest of the country. While 68.1% of adults are in the labour force, the unemployment rate is 5.0%, which is higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 68.1%, well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 57.6%, which is a little below the Victorian average of 59.2%.
68.1% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.2%
- 2016: 65.1%
- 2021: 68.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.6% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.2%
- 2016: 60.2%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Coburg at 14.5%, followed by education and training at 12.5% and professional and technical services at 11.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are very common here, making up 36.1% of jobs. Other significant groups include managers at 14.0% and clerical and administrative workers at 12.0%.
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 Coburg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20596/coburg/topic/employment