4.5% ▼ -63.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coonarr · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Coonarr
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Coonarr, where 19.2% of employees work in this sector. The area has a notably low proportion of people working or looking for work compared to both the state and the nation.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 50.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average, with just 50% of the population in full-time roles.
50.2% ▲ +6.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.1%
- 2016: 53.6%
- 2021: 50.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.0% → 0.0%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.0%
- 2016: 46.9%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the biggest employers are in accommodation and food services at 11.5% and retail trade at 9.6%. Construction and professional services each account for 7.7% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest occupational group at 17.3%. This is followed by community and personal service workers at 16.3% and labourers at 15.4%.
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 Coonarr [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30695/coonarr/topic/employment