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+).
Lefroy · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Lefroy than in most similar areas. While only half of the adult population is in the workforce, those who are employed tend to have stable roles, with a full-time employment rate of 59.3%.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 50% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. However, the unemployment rate is 0.0%, well below both the state and national figures.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
50.0% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.3% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The workforce is spread across several sectors, with retail trade and education and training being the most common at 18.5% each. Manufacturing follows at 14.8%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Machinery operators and drivers make up the largest group at 29.6%, followed by community and personal service workers at 25.9%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Lefroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60326/lefroy/topic/employment