5.4% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 5.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
North Lakes · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in North Lakes
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the top employer in North Lakes, where 16.9% of workers are employed in the sector. This is a hardworking area where 70.2% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults here are in the workforce than in most similar areas, and full-time employment is a little above the national figure at 60.6%. The unemployment rate is 5.4%, which is about the same as for Queensland and Australia.
70.2% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.3%
- 2016: 70.4%
- 2021: 70.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.6% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.0%
- 2016: 65.9%
- 2021: 60.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, the biggest industries for local workers are retail trade at 11.2% and education and training at 8.3%. Construction and accommodation and food services also employ a significant number of people.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 21.6%, followed by clerical and administrative staff at 14.5%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers, managers, and technicians and trades.
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 North Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32178/north-lakes/topic/employment