0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lagoon Grass · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lagoon Grass
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer in Lagoon Grass, where 40% of workers are in these fields. While few adults here are working or looking for work, those who are employed tend to have very stable, full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 48.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. However, 65% of the workforce is employed full-time, well above the New South Wales figure of 58.0%, and the unemployment rate is a very low 0.0%.
48.8% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 79.1%
- 2021: 48.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.0% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.1%
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 65.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from farming and forestry, the largest industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 30%, followed by manufacturing at 20%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is split evenly between managers, professionals, and technicians or trades, each making up 20% of the group.
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 Lagoon Grass [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12244/lagoon-grass/topic/employment