6.2% ▼ -23.1%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 6.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coraki · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Coraki
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Coraki compared to the rest of the country. Only 42.9% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This trend has shifted further over the last decade as the number of working adults fell by 2.3 percentage points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the state average at 53.6%, a figure that has fallen 3.0 percentage points since 2011. While the unemployment rate of 6.2% is a little above the national figure, it has actually improved by 1.8 percentage points over the last ten years.
42.9% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 45.3%
- 2016: 41.9%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.6% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 56.6%
- 2016: 55.8%
- 2021: 53.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 21.2%. Other significant employers include retail trade at 9.2%, manufacturing at 8.9%, and construction at 8.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 22.7%, followed by community and personal service workers at 17.3%. Technicians and trades people account for 15.6% of the workforce, while 11.0% are machinery operators and drivers.
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 Coraki [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115045/coraki/topic/employment