5.5% ▼ -23.7%
Higher than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 5.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lockyer · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Lockyer
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Lockyer than in most similar areas, with only 56.8% in the labour force. While the proportion of full-time workers has risen slightly to 59.1% since 2011, the area faces a higher unemployment rate than most other regions.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The percentage of adults working or looking for work is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate has fallen from 7.2% in 2011 to 5.5%, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
56.8% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 58.3%
- 2016: 58.2%
- 2021: 56.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.1% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 57.8%
- 2016: 56.9%
- 2021: 59.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 11.7%, followed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 11.5%. Construction and retail trade both employ around 8.7% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 17.7%, with technicians and tradespeople following at 14.8%. Managers and professionals each account for about 12% 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 Lockyer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30043/lockyer/topic/employment