4.2% ▼ -40.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coolum Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Coolum Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people work full-time in Coolum Beach than in most similar areas. While 60.2% of adults are working or looking for work, the share of those in full-time roles is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment at 50.9% is much lower than most areas and well below the Queensland figure of 59.0%. However, the unemployment rate is 4.2%, which is a little below the state's 5.4%.
60.2% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.0%
- 2016: 59.9%
- 2021: 60.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.9% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.6%
- 2016: 54.6%
- 2021: 50.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 16.0%, followed by construction at 14.3%. Education and training (10.1%) and accommodation and food (9.2%) also employ significant shares of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 22.1%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 16.9%, and community and personal service workers at 13.6%.
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 Coolum Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30686/coolum-beach/topic/employment