3.9% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lathlain · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lathlain
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professional roles are the most common occupation in Lathlain, where nearly 29% of workers are professionals. The area is marked by a very high rate of people working or looking for work, reaching 72.6%. This is far above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is much more common here than in most areas, with 72.6% of adults active in the labour force. Full-time employment is also high at 60.6%, while the unemployment rate of 3.9% is a little below the state and national figures.
72.6% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.1%
- 2016: 67.7%
- 2021: 72.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.6% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.8%
- 2016: 61.7%
- 2021: 60.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 12%, followed by professional and technical services at 10.6% and education and training at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up 28.8% of the workforce, the largest group by far. Other common roles include managers at 14% and clerical and administrative staff at 12.9%.
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 Lathlain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50835/lathlain/topic/employment