5.6% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 5.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lakelands · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lakelands
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Lakelands than in most similar areas. While 65.6% of adults are active in the labour force, the area faces a higher unemployment rate than most other regions, sitting at 5.6%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work make up 65.6% of the population, which is well above the Australian figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is at 58.4%, slightly below the Western Australian average of 60.2%.
65.6% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.1%
- 2016: 65.2%
- 2021: 65.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.4% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.1%
- 2016: 63.1%
- 2021: 58.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 13.9%, followed by mining at 10.8% and retail trade at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers are the largest group at 18.9%, while community and personal service workers make up 15.0% 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 Lakelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50828/lakelands/topic/employment