14.5% ▲ +114.5%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 14.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Koorawatha · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Koorawatha
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high unemployment rate of 14.5% marks the current job market in Koorawatha (L), which is well above the national figure. Only 34% of adults are working or looking for work, a number that has fallen by 11 points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate has risen by 7.7 points since 2011 to 14.5%, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 4.9%. Full-time employment is also well below the national figure at 53.4%.
34.0% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 44.9%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.4% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 53.0%
- 2016: 61.5%
- 2021: 53.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade is the most common industry for workers at 16.4%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing and transport and warehousing, which both sit at 13.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 24.7%, while managers and community and personal service workers each account for 15.1% of the 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 Koorawatha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122074/koorawatha/topic/employment