0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lake King · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lake King
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Over half of the workforce in Lake King are managers, reflecting a community with a high level of business and farm ownership. This is a hardworking area where 73.1% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far above the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local job market is exceptionally strong, with an unemployment rate of 0.0%, which is well below the state and national figures of 5.1%. Full-time employment is also very high at 67.3%, well above the Australian average of 58.9%.
73.1% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 83.7%
- 2016: 77.6%
- 2021: 73.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.3% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.6%
- 2016: 59.3%
- 2021: 67.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry, employing 56.4% of the local workforce. Other common sectors include education and training at 9.1%, along with construction and hospitality both at 7.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up 52.7% of all jobs, followed by machinery operators and drivers at 12.7%. Professionals, technicians and trades, and labourers each account for 5.5% 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 Lake King [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50822/lake-king/topic/employment