11.3% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 11.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coodanup · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Coodanup
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 22 percentage points separates Coodanup from the national average for adults working or looking for work. Only 39.5% of adults are in the labour force, and the unemployment rate of 11.3% is well above the national figure of 5.1%. This highlights a significant struggle with employment in the area.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is less common here than in most areas, with only 50.9% of the workforce employed full-time. This is well below the Western Australian figure of 60.2%.
39.5% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.8%
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.9% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.8%
- 2016: 55.8%
- 2021: 50.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 13.8%, followed by retail trade at 11.3% and construction at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades people make up the largest group of workers at 17.4%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 14.3% and machinery operators and drivers at 14.2%.
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 Coodanup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50320/coodanup/topic/employment