6.3% ▼ -22.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lalor Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lalor Park
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher than usual unemployment rate of 6.3% marks the local job market in Lalor Park. Fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to most other areas, with full-time employment sitting well below both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 53.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This trend is reflected in full-time employment, which at 54.1% is much lower than in most other areas.
53.5% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.8%
- 2016: 57.8%
- 2021: 53.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.1% ▼ -19.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.5%
- 2016: 65.9%
- 2021: 54.1%
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 for local workers at 15.9%, followed by retail trade at 10.4% and construction at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 19.1%, while clerical and administrative positions make up 15.1% 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 Lalor Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12270/lalor-park/topic/employment