Colton · State Electorate

Jobs & Industry in Colton

Name: Jobs & Industry in Colton — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Colton sits around the middle of similar areas for its workforce profile, though it maintains a notably low unemployment rate. About 62.3% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that has risen since 2011. The area's job market is stable, with a modest 4.1% unemployment rate that is much lower than most other areas.

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📍 Colton, State Electorate

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Employment is steady here, with 58.0% of adults working full-time, which is about the same as the state and national figures. While full-time work fell slightly since 2011, the overall number of adults working or looking for work rose by 3.1 percentage points.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 15.0%. Other common industries include education and training at 9.7%, retail trade at 9.6%, and construction at 9.0%.

Industries people work in

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No single group dominates in Colton — Health care & social assistance leads at 15%, ahead of Education & training (10%) and Retail trade (10%).

Health care & social assistance 15.0% Education & training 9.7% Retail trade 9.6% Construction 9.0% Professional & technical 8.1% Public administration & safety 7.6% Accommodation & food 6.1% Manufacturing 5.9% Finance & insurance 4.2% Transport & warehousing 4.2%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professional roles are the most common occupation at 26.1%, followed by managers at 16.1% and clerical and administrative workers at 14.7%. Community and personal service workers and technicians and trades each make up about 11% of the workforce.

Occupations people work in

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In Colton, the largest group is Professionals at 26%, followed by Managers (16%) and Clerical & administrative (15%).

Professionals 26.1% Managers 16.1% Clerical & administrative 14.7% Community & personal service 11.5% Technicians & trades 11.3% Sales workers 9.0% Labourers 6.1% Machinery operators & drivers 3.7%

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 Colton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40007/colton/topic/employment

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Where Colton sits — Unemployment rate