11.1% ▼ -53.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 11.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lawes · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lawes
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
An unemployment rate of 11.1% marks Lawes as a place where finding work is much harder than in most other areas. Very few people here have full-time roles, and the local job market is significantly smaller than both state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 55.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is far below the Queensland average, with just 10.5% of people in these roles.
55.6% ▲ +55.9%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 55.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
10.5% ▲ +187.7%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade is the biggest employer at 26.3%, followed by education and training at 18.4%. Other common industries include agriculture, forestry and fishing (15.8%), and accommodation and food (13.2%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 23.7%. This is followed by sales workers and labourers, who each account for 21.1% 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 Lawes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31644/lawes/topic/employment