8.9% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lillico · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Lillico than in the rest of Victoria. While 75.7% of adults are in the labour force, the area also faces a much higher unemployment rate than the national figure.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, and 61.1% of the population are employed full-time, which is a little above the national figure of 58.9%. However, the unemployment rate is 8.9%, well above both the state and national figures.
8.9% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
75.7% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.1% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 13%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing, and transport and warehousing, which each account for 11.1%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are technicians and trades at 24.1% and labourers at 18.5%, while community and personal service workers and machinery operators both make up 13% of the workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Lillico [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21500/lillico/topic/employment