1.8% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 1.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lilli Pilli · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A low unemployment rate of 1.8% defines the working life of Lilli Pilli, where most adults are active in the workforce. While far more adults here are working or looking for work than in most other areas, a smaller proportion do so in full-time roles compared to the national figure.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work make up 68.2% of the population, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. However, full-time employment is well below the national average at 50.9%, while the unemployment rate remains very low at 1.8%.
1.8% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
68.2% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.9% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several key sectors, with professional and technical services being the most common at 12.5%. Construction, education, and health care all follow closely, each employing around 11% of residents.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 31.5%, followed by managers at 23.3%. Clerical and administrative roles account for 13.8% of jobs, while technicians and tradespeople make up 8.7%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Lilli Pilli [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12331/lilli-pilli/topic/employment