3.6% ▼ -63.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lagoon Pocket · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lagoon Pocket
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher proportion of adults in Lagoon Pocket are working or looking for work compared to most areas, though many do not have full-time roles. Only 51.9% of the workforce is employed full-time, which is well below the national figure of 58.9%. This suggests a local economy where part-time or casual work is more common than in other parts of Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 63.8% of adults are in the labour force—a little above the Queensland figure of 61.6%—the unemployment rate is 3.6%, which is a little below the national average of 5.1%.
63.8% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.2%
- 2016: 54.1%
- 2021: 63.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.9% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.2%
- 2016: 57.1%
- 2021: 51.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 21%, followed by health care and social assistance at 17.3% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 9.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are clerical and administrative roles at 18.5%, while technicians and trades make up 16% and machinery operators and drivers account for 14.8% of workers.
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 Lagoon Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31604/lagoon-pocket/topic/employment