0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lancaster · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lancaster
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Zero per cent unemployment marks the local job market in Lancaster, where a surprisingly high 62.2% of the population works full-time. While fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to most areas, those who are employed tend to have stable, full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is 57.4%, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. However, full-time employment is much more common here than in most other areas.
57.4% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.0%
- 2016: 65.8%
- 2021: 57.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.2% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.3%
- 2016: 65.5%
- 2021: 62.2%
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 20.2%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 16.5%. Other notable sectors include manufacturing at 8.5% and construction at 6.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 21.8%. This is followed by clerical and administrative roles at 14.9%, and technicians and trades at 14.4%.
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 Lancaster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21454/lancaster/topic/employment