3.5% ▲ +51.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lorn · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lorn
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment patterns in Lorn have remained steady over the last decade, though the area now has a notably active workforce. A high number of adults are working or looking for work, with the unemployment rate sitting at a low 3.5%. This keeps the community's economic activity well above the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 66.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment sits at 57.5%, which is about the same as the state average.
66.1% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.4%
- 2016: 64.9%
- 2021: 66.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.5% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.4%
- 2016: 61.4%
- 2021: 57.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 16.9%, followed by education and training at 13.6% and construction at 11.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation for 29.4% of the workforce, while managers make up 15.7% and technicians and trades account for 12.5%.
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 Lorn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12398/lorn/topic/employment