4.9% ▲ +17.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lavender Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lavender Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
High employment rates define daily life in Lavender Bay, where 67.6% of the workforce is employed full-time. This is well above the national figure of 58.9%, reflecting a professional community with a very strong attachment to the workforce.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work make up 66.7% of the population, which is well above the New South Wales figure. While full-time work is common, the unemployment rate is 4.9%, about the same as the state and national figures.
66.7% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.7%
- 2016: 65.9%
- 2021: 66.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.6% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.3%
- 2016: 72.0%
- 2021: 67.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the main employer for 21.7% of workers. Other common industries include health care and social assistance at 13.0%, and finance and insurance at 11.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is dominated by professionals, who make up 44.0% of all jobs, followed by managers at 23.3%. Clerical and administrative roles account for 10.9% 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 Lavender Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12294/lavender-bay/topic/employment