3.7% ▼ -54.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lake Eacham · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lake Eacham
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Education and training is the most common industry for workers in Lake Eacham, where 13.6% of people are employed in this sector. This small community sees a smaller proportion of its adults working or looking for work compared to state and national levels. Most residents are employed in professional or managerial roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 57.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average, while the 3.7% unemployment rate is a little below the figures for the state and country.
57.5% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.2%
- 2016: 59.8%
- 2021: 57.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.4% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.4%
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 53.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond education, the local workforce is split across accommodation and food (12.6%), health care and social assistance (12.6%), and agriculture, forestry and fishing (9.7%). Construction also employs 8.3% of the community.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 17.5%, followed closely by managers at 17.0%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 13.1%, community and personal service workers at 12.6%, and labourers at 10.7%.
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 Lake Eacham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31614/lake-eacham/topic/employment