6.0% ▼ -76.9%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 6.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coopernook · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Coopernook
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 Coopernook, where 21.5% of employed residents work in this sector. The area has seen a sharp rise in the number of adults working or looking for work, though full-time employment remains far below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 53% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that rose 30 points since 2011. Full-time employment is only 48.8%, which is well below the New South Wales average, while the 6% unemployment rate is a little above the state level.
53.0% ▲ +127.0%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 44.6%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.8% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 51.5%
- 2016: 59.5%
- 2021: 48.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The main industries for local workers are health care and social assistance (21.5%), retail trade (15.7%), and construction (11.6%). Other employers include accommodation and food services at 7.6% and transport and warehousing at 5.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service roles are the most common occupation at 16.9%. Other significant groups include technicians and trades (15.7%), labourers (14.5%), managers (12.2%), and sales workers (8.7%).
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 Coopernook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122039/coopernook/topic/employment