3.6% ▼ -39.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lewisham · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lewisham
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Lewisham compared to the rest of the country, at 71.4%. This reflects a highly active local workforce where full-time employment is much more common than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well above the national figure, with 66.5% of the workforce in full-time roles. The unemployment rate is 3.6%, which is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
71.4% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 67.7%
- 2021: 71.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.5% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.3%
- 2016: 68.6%
- 2021: 66.5%
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 17.7%. Other major employers include health care and social assistance at 12.6% and education and training at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly half of the workforce are professionals, accounting for 45.0% of all jobs. Managers make up 17.8%, while clerical and administrative roles account for 13.2% 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 Lewisham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12322/lewisham/topic/employment