3.7% ▲ +23.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lake Innes · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lake Innes
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Lake Innes than in most similar areas. This is a productive community where 66.3% of adults are in the labour force, a figure well above the national average. Most of these residents hold full-time positions, and the local unemployment rate is slightly lower than the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 66.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the 61.1% national figure. Full-time employment sits at 58.4%, while the unemployment rate of 3.7% is a little below the state average.
66.3% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.6%
- 2016: 61.9%
- 2021: 66.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.4% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.5%
- 2016: 59.5%
- 2021: 58.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is led by health care and social assistance, which employs 21.8% of people. Construction (15.3%) and retail trade (11.1%) are also major employers in the area.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common, accounting for 25.2% of jobs. Managers make up 14.5%, followed by clerical and administrative workers at 13.4%.
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 Innes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12260/lake-innes/topic/employment