2.9% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 2.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lucas · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lucas
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance roles are the most common for workers in Lucas, where 22.9% of the workforce is in this field. This is a highly active area for employment, with a far larger share of adults working or looking for work compared to both Victoria and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 70.7% of adults here are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 2.9%, a little below the 5.1% seen across Australia.
70.7% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 77.1%
- 2021: 70.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.8% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 65.0%
- 2021: 58.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is led by health care and social assistance at 22.9%, followed by retail trade at 10.1% and education and training at 9.7%. Construction and public administration also make up significant shares of the industry mix.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 26.6%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 14.6% and clerical and administrative staff at 12.2%.
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 Lucas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21550/lucas/topic/employment