4.7% ▼ -38.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lake Munmorah · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lake Munmorah
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people are working or looking for work in Lake Munmorah than in most similar areas. Only 48.3% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This trend is mirrored in full-time employment, which is also well below the state and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 48.3% of adults here are working or looking for work, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 58.7%. Full-time employment is also well below the national rate, while the 4.7% unemployment rate is about the same as the rest of the country.
48.3% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.1%
- 2016: 49.1%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.0% ▼ -10.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.2%
- 2016: 59.3%
- 2021: 52.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 17.1%, followed by construction at 14.8% and retail trade at 11.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest group of workers at 16.5%, while professionals and clerical staff both account for 14.1% 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 Munmorah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12262/lake-munmorah/topic/employment