2.2% ▲ —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 2.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Plumridge Lakes · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Plumridge Lakes
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A huge 87.4% of workers in Plumridge Lakes are employed full-time, a figure far above the national average. This highlights a workforce dominated by stable, full-time roles, though fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While only 53.3% of adults are working or looking for work—well below the Australian figure of 61.1%—those who are employed face very little joblessness, with an unemployment rate of just 2.2%.
53.3% ▲ +84.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 60.4%
- 2021: 53.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
87.4% ▲ +193.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 82.1%
- 2021: 87.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the primary driver of the local economy, employing 62.2% of the workforce, followed by administrative and support roles at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technical and trade roles are most common at 30.4%, alongside machinery operators and drivers who make up 28.9% 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 Plumridge Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51253/plumridge-lakes/topic/employment