4.7% ▲ +21.8%
Lower than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lee · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Lee
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Lee than in most similar areas. While 59.3% of the population are employed full-time, the overall share of people in the workforce is notably lower than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 57.5%, which is well below the Australian average and has fallen 6.0 points since 2011. Unemployment sits at 4.7%, a figure about the same as both the state and the nation.
57.5% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 63.6%
- 2016: 50.3%
- 2021: 57.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.3% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 58.9%
- 2016: 58.1%
- 2021: 59.3%
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 for local workers at 14.8%, followed by retail trade at 10.2% and construction at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 20.8%, with clerical and administrative jobs making up 15.3% 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 Lee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40027/lee/topic/employment