5.7% ▼ -42.4%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coleraine · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Coleraine
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Coleraine, where 21.5% of workers are in this field. The town's workforce is notably small, with only 41.5% of adults working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 41.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is much lower than most similar areas. Full-time employment is also well below the Victorian figure at 49.7%, while the unemployment rate has fallen to 5.7% since 2011.
41.5% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 45.1%
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.7% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 53.6%
- 2016: 51.0%
- 2021: 49.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, agriculture, forestry and fishing employ 14.8% of the workforce. Other common industries include retail trade at 9.4%, construction at 8.4%, and education and training at 7.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Work roles are spread evenly across several groups, with technicians and trades being the most common at 16.8%. This is followed closely by community and personal service workers, professionals, and labourers, each around 16%.
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 Coleraine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221020/coleraine/topic/employment