4.4% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cossack · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cossack
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is very common in Cossack, where 74.1% of the workforce holds a full-time position. This is far above the national figure, meaning most people who work here have stable, full-week hours. While the area is sparsely populated, it shows a strong concentration of permanent employment compared to other regions.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 59.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little below the Northern Territory and national figures. This is alongside an unemployment rate of 4.4%, which is about the same as the national average.
59.3% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.8%
- 2016: 61.6%
- 2021: 59.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
74.1% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.8%
- 2016: 72.1%
- 2021: 74.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in the area is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common at 14.1%, followed closely by construction at 13.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers and technicians or tradespeople make up the largest groups of workers, accounting for 18.7% and 18.4% of the local workforce respectively.
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 Cossack [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70065/cossack/topic/employment