6.7% ▲ +53.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 6.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coleraine · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Coleraine
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry for workers in Coleraine, with 21.3% of the workforce employed in these fields. The town faces significant employment challenges, with a much lower share of adults working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 44.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average at 51.1%, while the unemployment rate is a little above the national figure at 6.7%.
44.5% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.0%
- 2016: 46.9%
- 2021: 44.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.1% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.5%
- 2016: 54.7%
- 2021: 51.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond farming, the biggest employers are in health care and social assistance at 18%, followed by retail trade at 9.9% and construction at 7.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are managers at 17% and labourers at 16.2%. Professionals and technicians or trades workers each make up 14.4% of the local workforce.
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 Coleraine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20614/coleraine/topic/employment