8.2% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 8.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cobdogla · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Cobdogla
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults in Cobdogla are working or looking for work than in most similar areas. However, the local unemployment rate is 8.2%, which is much higher than most other areas and well above the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, though the share of people in full-time jobs is 53.3%, which is well below the South Australian figure. This full-time rate has fallen 6.7 percentage points since 2011.
58.4% ▼ -22.5%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 75.4%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 58.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.3% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.0%
- 2016: 55.2%
- 2021: 53.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Manufacturing is the most common industry for local workers at 14.4%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.3% and transport and warehousing at 12.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 22.2%, while community and personal service workers account for 16.7% of the local workforce.
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 Cobdogla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422016/cobdogla/topic/employment