2.2% ▼ -70.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 2.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Laguna · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Laguna
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than half of adults in Laguna are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national rate. This suggests a community where many people are retired or not in the workforce, though those who are employed enjoy an unemployment rate of 2.2%, which is lower than both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 48.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Similarly, full-time employment at 48.5% is well below the New South Wales rate of 58.0%.
48.2% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.8%
- 2016: 45.1%
- 2021: 48.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.5% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.8%
- 2016: 47.8%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is led by the construction industry at 19.7%, followed by accommodation and food services at 9.1% and education and training at 8.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 27.3%, with managers making up 22.0% and technicians or tradespeople accounting for 18.2% of workers.
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 Laguna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12245/laguna/topic/employment