0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kokotungo · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Kokotungo compared to the rest of the country. This small community sees a huge 80.8% of adults in the workforce, with a typical employment pattern that is much stronger than the state or national figures.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is very common here, with 77.2% of the workforce employed full-time. This is far above the national figure of 58.9%, while the unemployment rate is well below the state average at 0.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
80.8% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
77.2% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Over half of the local workforce, 52.6%, works in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Other smaller shares of the population work in retail trade and education, both at 8.8%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is dominated by managers, who make up 64.9% of all occupations. Other roles include community and personal service workers and clerical staff, both at 8.8%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Kokotungo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31565/kokotungo/topic/employment