3.8% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lane Cove North · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lane Cove North
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Lane Cove North than in most other areas, with 72.7% in the labour force. This high level of activity is driven by a workforce where full-time employment is far above the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is much higher than most areas at 68.0%, which is 10 points above the New South Wales figure. The unemployment rate is 3.8%, a little below both the state and national figures.
72.7% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.8%
- 2016: 72.3%
- 2021: 72.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
68.0% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.7%
- 2016: 72.0%
- 2021: 68.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the most common industry for local workers at 19.0%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.2% and finance and insurance at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is heavily skewed toward high-skill roles, with professionals making up 42.6% of jobs and managers accounting for another 19.1%.
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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12276/lane-cove-north/topic/employment