6.8% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 6.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lake Haven · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lake Haven
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Lake Haven compared to most similar areas. Only 40.7% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This trend is paired with a higher unemployment rate of 6.8%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54% of workers here are employed full-time, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58%. The unemployment rate is 6.8%, a little above both the state and national figures.
40.7% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.5%
- 2016: 42.1%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.0% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 58.7%
- 2021: 54.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 19.6%, followed by retail trade at 12.7% and construction at 11%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up 14.5% of jobs, which is nearly the same as community and personal service workers at 14.4%. Clerical and administrative roles account for 13.7% of the 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 Lake Haven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12255/lake-haven/topic/employment