4.4% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lovely Banks · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lovely Banks
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high rate of employment defines daily life in Lovely Banks, where 67.8% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%, with more than 60% of the workforce in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is much higher than in most areas, sitting well above the Victoria rate of 62.4%. Full-time employment is also a little above the national figure, though the unemployment rate of 4.4% is higher than most similar areas.
67.8% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.2%
- 2016: 65.6%
- 2021: 67.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.4% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.0%
- 2016: 59.1%
- 2021: 60.4%
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 14.2%, followed closely by construction at 14%. Retail trade also employs a significant portion of the local workforce at 11.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 16.6%, with labourers and professionals following at 13.3% and 13.2% respectively.
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 Lovely Banks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21544/lovely-banks/topic/employment