19.4% ▲ +409.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 19.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cooyar · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cooyar
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high unemployment rate of 19.4% marks the local job market in Cooyar, which is far above the figures for Queensland and Australia. While many people here work in retail and farming, the number of adults working or looking for work is among the lowest for similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 29.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. This is reflected in the unemployment rate, which is among the highest for similar areas at 19.4%.
29.2% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.8% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 65.5%
- 2021: 57.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade is the most common industry for the local workforce at 20.0%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 15.6% and construction at 11.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 22.2%, while technicians and tradespeople and labourers each make up 20.0% of the workforce.
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 Cooyar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30713/cooyar/topic/employment