3.7% ▼ -56.5%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lane Cove · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Lane Cove
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much larger proportion of the Lane Cove workforce has entered employment since 2011, with the share of adults working or looking for work jumping by 11 percentage points. The area now sees 66.9% of adults in the labour force, well above the national figure of 61.1%. This shift is driven by a strong rise in full-time roles and a significant drop in unemployment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment rose 9.0 percentage points since 2011 to reach 64.4%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate fell 4.8 percentage points to 3.7%, a figure that is much lower than most other areas.
66.9% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 55.7%
- 2016: 65.4%
- 2021: 66.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.4% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 55.4%
- 2016: 67.7%
- 2021: 64.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is most active in professional and technical services at 16.9%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.3% and finance and insurance at 10.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 40.2%, with managers accounting for another 20.8%. Clerical and administrative roles follow at 12.9%, while technicians, trades, and personal service workers each represent under 7%.
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 Lane Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10044/lane-cove/topic/employment