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+).
Coombe · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of workers are in full-time roles in Coombe than across South Australia, with 67.6% of the workforce in full-time jobs. This small community is heavily driven by the land, with nearly 80% of people working in agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 60.7% of adults are working or looking for work—about the same as the national figure—unemployment is well below the state and national rates at 0.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
60.7% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.6% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 79.4% of the workforce, while education and training accounts for 14.7%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is mostly made up of managers at 61.8% and labourers at 23.5%, with another 8.8% working in community and personal service.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Coombe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40301/coombe/topic/employment