0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lah · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lah
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Half of all adults in Lah are working or looking for work, which is a much lower rate than most other areas. However, those who are employed are overwhelmingly in full-time roles, with 69.2% of the population working full-time. This creates a local workforce that is small but heavily committed to full-time employment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While the proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4%, the unemployment rate is 0.0%. This is well below the 5.1% national rate.
50.0% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 88.6%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
69.2% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 61.3%
- 2021: 69.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 50.0% of the workforce. Health care and social assistance follows at 11.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The majority of workers are managers, making up 61.5% of occupations. Community and personal service workers and labourers each account for 11.5% of the local workforce.
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 Lah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21425/lah/topic/employment