0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cooranga · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cooranga
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Over half of the workforce in Cooranga is employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. This creates a strong local job market where 66% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The area has a very strong employment rate, with 71% of people working full-time, far above the Queensland figure of 59%. Notably, the unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
66.0% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.8%
- 2016: 64.1%
- 2021: 66.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
71.0% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.6%
- 2016: 71.9%
- 2021: 71.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant employer at 54.8%, while health care and social assistance accounts for 6.5% of jobs. Construction and professional and technical services each make up 4.8% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 43.5%. Other common roles include labourers at 16.1%, machinery operators and drivers at 12.9%, and professionals and technicians and trades each at 11.3%.
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 Cooranga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30701/cooranga/topic/employment