7.3% ▲ +44.2%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 7.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cooee · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cooee
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the primary employer in Cooee, where over a quarter of workers are in this field. While full-time work is common, the area faces a higher than average unemployment rate of 7.3%. This makes the local job market more challenging than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A smaller share of adults are working or looking for work (56.6%) compared to the national figure of 61.1%. However, those who are employed are often in full-time roles, with 58.4% of the workforce in full-time jobs.
56.6% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.9%
- 2016: 54.8%
- 2021: 56.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.4% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.0%
- 2016: 59.0%
- 2021: 58.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Apart from health care, many residents work in retail trade (15.6%) and education and training (11.2%). Other notable industries include construction at 7.8% and mining at 4.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 23.4%, followed by community and personal service workers at 17.8%. Labourers make up 13.4% of the local workforce.
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 Cooee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60126/cooee/topic/employment