4.5% ▼ -42.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lismore Heights · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lismore Heights
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is much less common in Lismore Heights than in most similar areas. While 60.3% of adults are working or looking for work, the proportion of those in full-time roles is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60.3% of adults are in the workforce, which is slightly above the New South Wales figure. However, full-time employment is only 52.8%, which is well below the Australian average of 58.9%.
60.3% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.0%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 60.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.8% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.7%
- 2016: 54.4%
- 2021: 52.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 24.4%, followed by education and training at 15.3%. Retail trade also employs a significant 10.2% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
More than a quarter of residents are professionals (26.1%). Community and personal service workers make up 17.1%, while technicians, trades, and clerical staff each account for around 12% of jobs.
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 Lismore Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12354/lismore-heights/topic/employment