4.3% ▼ -26.9%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cowan · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Cowan
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Cowan (L), where 17% of the workforce is employed in this field. While a high proportion of adults are working or looking for work, the share of those in full-time roles has fallen over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A high 67.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment is well below the state average at 52.2%, having fallen 4.6 points since 2011.
67.8% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 66.4%
- 2016: 52.3%
- 2021: 67.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.2% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 56.8%
- 2016: 50.9%
- 2021: 52.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is most active in health care and social assistance (17%) and education and training (14.8%), followed by construction at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 27%, with technicians and trades accounting for 14.8% of the local workforce.
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 Cowan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121025/cowan/topic/employment