0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coomalbidgup · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Coomalbidgup than in the rest of the country. The area is defined by a very strong employment rate, with 69.4% of adults in the labour force and a completely absent unemployment rate of 0.0%.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far above the national figure, with 70.6% of the workforce in full-time roles. This is 12 percentage points higher than the Australian average.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
69.4% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
70.6% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is heavily reliant on the land, with 85.3% of people working in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Transport and warehousing make up another 10.3% of jobs.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly half of the workforce are managers, accounting for 47.1% of occupations. Labourers make up 20.6%, followed by clerical and administrative roles at 13.2%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Coomalbidgup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50331/coomalbidgup/topic/employment