0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Costerfield · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Costerfield
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Very few people are working or looking for work in Costerfield compared to most similar areas. Only 35.4% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Despite this low participation, the area has a 0% unemployment rate.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 50%, which is well below the Victorian average of 59.2%. This low level of work is seen across the area, where the share of adults working or looking for work is far below both the state and national figures.
35.4% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 59.1%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.0% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.6%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the most common industry here, employing 45.5% of the workforce. Agriculture, forestry and fishing follow at 31.8%, with retail trade accounting for 22.7% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly a third of workers are managers, representing 31.8% of the local workforce. Other common roles include labourers at 22.7%, and professionals and clerical workers who each make up 18.2% of occupations.
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 Costerfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20652/costerfield/topic/employment