3.7% ▲ +159.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cobdogla · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cobdogla
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Few people hold full-time roles in Cobdogla, where only 50.3% of the workforce is in such employment. This is well below the national figure of 58.9%. While most residents are working or looking for work, the local job market relies heavily on a mix of farming, health care, and manufacturing.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the state figure. The unemployment rate is 3.7%, slightly lower than both the South Australian and national figures.
59.2% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.7%
- 2016: 63.2%
- 2021: 59.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.3% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.6%
- 2016: 57.8%
- 2021: 50.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in the area is spread across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing and health care and social assistance both accounting for 16.0% of jobs. Manufacturing also makes up a significant 14.9% of local industry.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common workers at 21.5%, followed by community and personal service staff at 14.4%. Clerical and administrative roles make up 12.7% of the local 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 Cobdogla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40273/cobdogla/topic/employment