6.4% ▼ -37.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 6.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lake Heights · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lake Heights
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A smaller share of adults in Lake Heights are working or looking for work compared to other areas. Only 54.2% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This suggests a community where fewer people are employed in the traditional workforce.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Unemployment is a little above the national rate at 6.4%. Full-time work is also much lower than most areas, with only 52.4% of the population employed full-time, well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%.
54.2% ▲ +9.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.4%
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 54.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.4% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2016: 60.5%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here at 17.6%, followed by construction at 12.8% and retail trade at 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 17.5%, with professionals at 15.9% and community and personal service workers at 13.8% also common.
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 Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12256/lake-heights/topic/employment