4.5% ▼ -21.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cordelia · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cordelia
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Cordelia sits right in the middle of similar areas for its employment levels. About 61.4% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that is about the same as both Queensland and the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is at 58.0%, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia. The unemployment rate is 4.5%, which is higher than most areas.
61.4% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.0%
- 2016: 50.6%
- 2021: 61.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.0% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.6%
- 2016: 59.0%
- 2021: 58.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing being the most common at 18.5%, followed by manufacturing at 17.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly a quarter of workers are technicians and trades people (24.7%), while managers make up 23.5% of the local jobs.
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 Cordelia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30721/cordelia/topic/employment