5.7% ▼ -48.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coolangatta · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Coolangatta
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Coolangatta, where 17.2% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area has a small proportion of people working or looking for work compared to other regions. This is reflected in a low full-time employment rate of 50.1%, which is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 55.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 5.7%, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas.
55.1% ▲ +12.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.9%
- 2016: 50.3%
- 2021: 55.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.1% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.9%
- 2016: 55.8%
- 2021: 50.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, many locals work in accommodation and food services (12.0%) and construction (10.1%). Retail trade and education also make up significant shares of the local economy.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 23.3%. Community and personal service workers make up 15.0% of the workforce, followed by managers and technicians and trades, both at 13.4%.
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 Coolangatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30680/coolangatta/topic/employment