2.8% ▼ -57.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 2.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coffin Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Coffin Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the top industry for Coffin Bay, where 18.3% of workers are employed. This coastal area has a small workforce, with fewer than half of adults working or looking for work, though the unemployment rate is notably low.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 48.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below both the South Australian and national figures. Among those employed, 54.7% are full-time, a rate well below the national figure.
48.2% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.4%
- 2016: 47.0%
- 2021: 48.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.7% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.1%
- 2016: 57.3%
- 2021: 54.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Fishing and farming are the main employers at 18.3%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.3%. Construction and accommodation and food services each employ 10.1% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 23.4%. Community and personal service workers follow at 18.0%, while labourers and technicians and trades workers each account for about 12% of occupations.
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 Coffin Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40278/coffin-bay/topic/employment