4.4% ▼ -23.9%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cowes · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Cowes
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the top employer in Cowes, where 13.7% of workers are in this field. The area has a very small proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country, and full-time employment has fallen significantly over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 43.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment has also dropped sharply, falling 14 points since 2011 to 45.8%, while the unemployment rate sits at 4.4%.
43.2% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 57.9%
- 2016: 65.5%
- 2021: 43.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
45.8% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.5%
- 2016: 60.2%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several key sectors, with 13.0% in accommodation and food services and 11.5% in retail trade. Construction also employs a notable 10.8% of the population.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 16.7%, followed closely by technicians and trades at 16.4%. Managers, community and personal service workers, and labourers each account for between 12% and 14% of jobs.
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 Cowes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214006/cowes/topic/employment