3.8% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lane Cove · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lane Cove
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults in Lane Cove are working or looking for work than in most similar areas. This employment rate is 70.3%, which is far above the New South Wales figure. The area has a very high proportion of full-time workers and a professional workforce.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local working rate of 70.3% is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also much higher than most areas at 67.2%, while the unemployment rate of 3.8% is a little below the Australian average.
70.3% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.3%
- 2016: 68.5%
- 2021: 70.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.2% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.1%
- 2016: 69.7%
- 2021: 67.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the biggest employer at 17.4%. Other major industries include health care and social assistance at 12.5%, and finance and insurance at 11.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is heavily weighted toward high-skill roles, with professionals making up 42.9% of jobs. Managers account for another 21.3%, while clerical and administrative roles make up 12.1% of occupations.
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 Lane Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12275/lane-cove/topic/employment