0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cobraball · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Cobraball than in most similar areas, with only 50% of the adult population in the workforce. However, those who are employed show strong stability, as the unemployment rate is 0.0%.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Half of the adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. For those who are employed, 61.1% are in full-time roles, a little above the national figure.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
50.0% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.1% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common industry at 16.7%. Construction, mining, retail trade, and education all follow at 11.1% each.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 27.8%, followed by professionals at 22.2%. Clerical and administrative staff and labourers each account for 16.7% of occupations.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Cobraball [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30640/cobraball/topic/employment