4.2% ▲ +35.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lapstone · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lapstone
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A strong workforce defines Lapstone, where 61.8% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%, though a smaller proportion of these workers are in full-time roles compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.8% of adults are in the labour force, which is about the same as the national figure. However, full-time employment at 55.7% is well below the Australian average of 58.9%. The unemployment rate is 4.2%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
61.8% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.5%
- 2016: 61.2%
- 2021: 61.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.7% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.2%
- 2016: 61.3%
- 2021: 55.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is spread across several key sectors, with education and training being the most common at 16.3%. Health care and social assistance follow at 12.8%, while professional, technical, and public administration roles each make up 11.9% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for residents at 33.7%. Managers make up 18.5% of the workforce, followed by clerical and administrative workers at 13.2% and technicians or tradespeople at 11.7%.
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 Lapstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12285/lapstone/topic/employment