6.1% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 6.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lakewood · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lakewood
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Lakewood, where 18.9% of employees work in this field. The area struggles with low workforce participation, as only 37.6% of adults are working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Very few adults are working or looking for work here compared to the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the state average, and the unemployment rate of 6.1% is much higher than in most similar areas.
37.6% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.9% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.6%
- 2021: 52.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Apart from health care, the biggest industries for local workers are construction at 13.0% and retail trade at 12.5%. Other common sectors include accommodation and food services and education and training.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest group of workers at 19.7%. Professionals follow at 16.1%, while 15.1% of the workforce are employed in community and personal service roles.
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 Lakewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12268/lakewood/topic/employment