1.9% ▲ +40.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 1.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coonalpyn · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Coonalpyn
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Coonalpyn than in most similar areas. While only 53.0% of adults are in the workforce, those who are employed are overwhelmingly in full-time roles. This creates a local job market that is small but very stable.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is just 1.9%, which is well below the state figure of 5.4% and the national figure of 5.1%. Full-time employment is also high at 62.2%, well above the Australian average of 58.9%.
53.0% ▼ -26.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.2%
- 2016: 57.5%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.2% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.6%
- 2016: 60.1%
- 2021: 62.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 51.9% of the workforce. Other common sectors include education and training at 11.5% and health care and social assistance at 7.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
A third of workers are managers, making up 33.3% of the local workforce. Labourers account for another 20.5%, while professionals make up 12.8% of the roles in the area.
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 Coonalpyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40304/coonalpyn/topic/employment