7.4% ▼ -26.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 7.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Labrador · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Labrador
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Labrador, where 17.4% of workers are in this field. The area faces some employment challenges, with a typical resident much less likely to be working full-time than those in other parts of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This is mirrored by a 7.4% unemployment rate, which is a little above both the state and national averages.
54.9% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.3%
- 2016: 54.5%
- 2021: 54.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.2% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.0%
- 2016: 57.9%
- 2021: 52.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance lead the way at 17.4%, followed by accommodation and food services at 10.3%. Retail trade and construction both employ 9.8% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 18.4%. Community and personal service workers and technicians and trades workers both account for 14.7% of the local workforce.
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 Labrador [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31601/labrador/topic/employment