5.4% ▼ -35.1%
Higher than 68% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 5.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coffs Harbour · Urban Area
Jobs & Industry in Coffs Harbour
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Coffs Harbour, with 19.4% of the workforce in this sector. While the area has a diverse range of jobs, fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to most other areas across Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 55.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas at 53.0%, while the unemployment rate has fallen to 5.4% since 2011.
55.3% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 64% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 54.8%
- 2016: 62.1%
- 2021: 55.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.0% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 55.2%
- 2016: 66.4%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade is the second largest industry at 10.8%, followed by construction at 9.8%. Education and training and accommodation and food both employ 9.2% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.9%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 14.4%, technicians and trades at 13.0%, and clerical, administrative, or manager roles at 12.2% each.
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 Coffs Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1011/coffs-harbour/topic/employment