6.3% ▼ -12.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coomera · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Coomera
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 Coomera, where 14% of workers are in this field. The area has a high proportion of people working or looking for work, though the unemployment rate of 6.3% is much higher than in most other similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 69.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. While 58.4% of the workforce are employed full-time, the unemployment rate is a little above the Australian average.
69.7% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.8%
- 2016: 71.4%
- 2021: 69.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.4% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.1%
- 2016: 64.8%
- 2021: 58.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is spread across several key sectors, with retail trade (12.6%) and construction (11.5%) following health care as the largest industries. Accommodation and food services employ 7.9% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 16.2%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 14.4%, and community and personal service workers at 13.2%.
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 Coomera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30688/coomera/topic/employment