2.5% ▼ -53.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 2.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lake Bunga · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lake Bunga
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 46.5% of adults in Lake Bunga are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average. This is a sparsely populated area where few residents are employed full-time. Despite the low workforce participation, the unemployment rate is quite low at 2.5%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is much lower than in most areas. Full-time employment is also well below the state figure, with only 49.4% of people in these roles.
46.5% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.9%
- 2016: 49.5%
- 2021: 46.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.4% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.0%
- 2016: 43.3%
- 2021: 49.4%
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 17.5%, followed closely by education and training at 16.9%. Construction accounts for 11.0% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 21.4%. Community and personal service workers follow at 20.1%, while managers account for 14.9% 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 Lake Bunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21429/lake-bunga/topic/employment