0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lort River · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lort River
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A huge 30 point gap separates Lort River from the national average in terms of adults working or looking for work. This sparsely populated area is defined by a tiny, highly active workforce where almost everyone is employed, and the unemployment rate is 0.0%. Most of these workers are concentrated in a single industry.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
An impressive 91.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well above the state average at 63.4%.
91.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 75.0%
- 2021: 91.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.4% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 71.4%
- 2021: 63.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is almost entirely driven by agriculture, forestry and fishing, which employs 87.8% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is dominated by managers, who make up 70.7% of jobs. Other roles are less common, with labourers accounting for 9.8% and clerical or administrative staff at 7.3%.
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 Lort River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50861/lort-river/topic/employment