3.6% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
West Lakes · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in West Lakes
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in West Lakes than in most other areas. Only 53.2% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the state figure of 60%. Despite this lower participation, the unemployment rate is 3.6%, a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 58.7%, which is about the same as the national figure and a little above the South Australian average.
53.2% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.2%
- 2016: 52.5%
- 2021: 53.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.7% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.8%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 58.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common industry at 12.6%, followed by education and training at 10%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 23.3%, while managers and clerical or administrative workers each make up about 16.5% of the 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 West Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41568/west-lakes/topic/employment