0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coolabunia · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment patterns in Coolabunia have remained steady over the last decade, with a very high proportion of the population active in the workforce. Currently, 67.9% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above both the Queensland and national averages.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia. About 59.8% of the workforce is employed full-time, matching the state and national typicals.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
67.9% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.8% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Coolabunia is split across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing and education and training both accounting for 18.4% of roles.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly 30% of residents work as managers, while technicians and trades make up 23% of the local workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Coolabunia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30677/coolabunia/topic/employment