5.5% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lock · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lock
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Lock compared to the rest of the state. This active workforce is mostly employed full-time, with 62% of the population in permanent roles. These figures stand well above both the South Australian and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 65% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the state figure of 60%. While full-time employment is higher than most areas, the unemployment rate of 5.5% is about the same as the national average.
65.0% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.8%
- 2016: 61.8%
- 2021: 65.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.0% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.9%
- 2016: 67.6%
- 2021: 62.0%
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 54.5% of the workforce. Other common sectors include education and training at 9.9% and transport and warehousing at 7.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 33.1%, followed by labourers at 17.4%. Clerical and administrative roles account for 14.9% of occupations in the area.
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 Lock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40774/lock/topic/employment