6.2% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 6.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cooran · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Cooran
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer full-time roles than usual shape the working life of Cooran, where only 44.3% of people are in full-time employment. This is far below the national figure of 58.9%, and the number of full-time workers has fallen by 13 points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common for 56.8% of adults, though this is well below the Queensland rate of 61.6%. Unemployment sits at 6.2%, which is a little above the national figure but has fallen since 2011.
56.8% ▼ -18.7%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 69.9%
- 2016: 55.9%
- 2021: 56.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
44.3% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 44.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for 17% of workers, followed by construction at 12.6% and education and training at 11.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 20.4%, while 16.1% work in community and personal service roles and 14.2% are technicians or tradespeople.
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 Cooran [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321031/cooran/topic/employment