9.4% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coominya · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Coominya
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 Coominya than in most similar areas. While 59.6% of the workforce is employed full-time, the local unemployment rate is 9.4%, which is well above the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 47.1% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average. This is consistent with a high unemployment rate of 9.4%, which is well above the 5.1% seen across Australia.
47.1% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.3%
- 2016: 44.6%
- 2021: 47.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.6% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.6%
- 2016: 61.7%
- 2021: 59.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer at 15.2%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.4% and manufacturing at 9.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is split evenly between managers and labourers, who each make up 20.1% of occupations, while technicians and trades account for 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 Coominya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30691/coominya/topic/employment