5.4% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 68% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 5.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Morisset - Cooranbong · Urban Area
Jobs & Industry in Morisset - Cooranbong
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are in the workforce in Morisset - Cooranbong than in most similar areas, with only 52.6% working or looking for work. This represents a significant shift in daily life, as the share of people working full-time has dropped by 14 percentage points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 52.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas at 53.7%, while the unemployment rate is 5.4%, roughly the same as the national figure.
52.6% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 77% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 62.7%
- 2016: 57.9%
- 2021: 52.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.7% ▼ -20.2%
Lower than 82% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 67.3%
- 2016: 64.9%
- 2021: 53.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 18.4%, followed by construction at 13.4% and retail trade at 9.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 18.2%, with technicians and trades following closely at 16.9%.
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 Morisset - Cooranbong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1021/morisset-cooranbong/topic/employment