0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lambells Lagoon · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of people are in full-time work in Lambells Lagoon compared to the rest of the country. This small area has a very strong employment rate, with 67.2% of adults working or looking for work. Most strikingly, the unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below both the Territory and national figures.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is very common here at 73.1%, a figure that is far above the Australian average. This contributes to a workforce that is much more active than in most other similar areas.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
67.2% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
73.1% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is dominated by agriculture, forestry and fishing, which employs 41.2% of the workforce. Other common industries include public administration and safety at 8.4% and transport and warehousing at 7.6%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 42.9%. Labourers are the next most common occupation at 14.3%, followed by clerical and administrative roles at 10.9%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Lambells Lagoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70155/lambells-lagoon/topic/employment