0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lake Plains · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lake Plains
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Lake Plains compared to the state and national figures. While the employment rate is low, the area has an unemployment rate of 0.0%, which is well below the figures for South Australia and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 56.4% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below the national average of 61.1%. Of those who are employed, 59.1% work full-time, which is slightly above the state rate.
56.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 65.2%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.1% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 57.1%
- 2021: 59.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 72.7% of the workforce. Manufacturing is the next most common sector at 18.2%, followed by construction and health care at 13.6% each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managerial roles are the most common occupation at 68.2%. Labourers make up 40.9% of the workforce, while technicians and tradespeople account for 27.3%.
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 Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40743/lake-plains/topic/employment