5.9% —
Higher than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 5.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lara (Western Victoria) · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Lara (Western Victoria)
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Lara, where 14.5% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The local job market is currently seeing a smaller proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 56.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. While the unemployment rate is 5.9%, this is about the same as the national rate and has fallen 2.5 points since 2016.
56.5% —
Lower than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 53.8%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.7% —
Lower than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 58.9%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, the most common industries for local workers are construction at 11.5%, retail trade at 10.7%, and manufacturing at 8.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 16.0%, closely followed by technicians and trades at 15.6%. Community and personal service workers account for 13.8% 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 Lara (Western Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED24308/lara/topic/employment