5.0% ▲ +106.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 5.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lakes Creek · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lakes Creek
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A strong work culture defines Lakes Creek, where 66.1% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%, with a high proportion of the local workforce in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is common here, at 62.5%, which is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures. The unemployment rate is 5.0%, which is about the same as the state and national rates.
66.1% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.0%
- 2016: 68.8%
- 2021: 66.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.5% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.1%
- 2016: 63.5%
- 2021: 62.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, led by health care and social assistance at 14.3%, followed by manufacturing at 12.8% and construction at 11.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers and labourers are the most common roles, each making up 15.9% of the workforce, while clerical and administrative staff account for 14.6%.
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 Lakes Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31624/lakes-creek/topic/employment