3.1% ▼ -44.5%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cockatoo Valley · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Cockatoo Valley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Construction is the most common industry for workers in Cockatoo Valley, where 15.3% of the workforce is employed in the sector. The area is marked by a very high workforce participation rate and an unemployment rate that is much lower than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 70% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the South Australian figure of 60%. While 59.5% of the workforce is employed full-time, this is a little above the state average but has fallen 4.1 percentage points since 2011.
70.0% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 70.3%
- 2016: 68.4%
- 2021: 70.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.5% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 63.6%
- 2016: 54.4%
- 2021: 59.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond construction, the rest of the workforce is spread across health care and social assistance (11.8%), manufacturing (10.7%), education and training (10.5%), and retail trade (8.3%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 18.2%, followed by clerical and administrative staff (17.2%) and managers (16.9%).
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 Cockatoo Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421006/cockatoo-valley/topic/employment