2.8% ▼ -57.9%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 2.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Coffin Bay · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Coffin Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A very low unemployment rate of 2.8% shapes the daily life of Coffin Bay, where almost everyone who wants a job has one. However, only 49.2% of adults are actually working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment has fallen to 52.9% since 2011, a figure that is well below the South Australian average of 57.2%. While unemployment is much lower than most similar areas, the overall number of adults in the workforce has also dipped slightly over the last decade.
49.2% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 50.4%
- 2016: 46.1%
- 2021: 49.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.9% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 57.1%
- 2016: 56.8%
- 2021: 52.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is led by agriculture, forestry and fishing, which employs 18.5% of the workforce. Health care and social assistance follow at 13.4%, with construction and food services both accounting for 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 23.6%, followed by community and personal service workers at 18.1%. Labourers and technicians or tradespeople also form a significant part of the local workforce, at 12.3% and 12.0% respectively.
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 Coffin Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421007/coffin-bay/topic/employment