44.4% ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.1%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
Lakefield · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lakefield
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 17 percentage points separates Lakefield from both the state and national figures for employment. Only 44.4% of adults here are working or looking for work, which is much lower than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 44.4%, a figure that sits far below the Queensland rate of 61.6% and the national average of 61.1%.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries people work in is Arts & recreation at 50%, ahead of Public administration & safety (33%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common occupations people work in is Professionals at 83%, ahead of Managers (0%).
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 Lakefield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31622/lakefield/topic/employment