4.7% ▼ -29.9%
Lower than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lyons (Prosser) · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Lyons (Prosser)
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 Lyons (Prosser) compared to most other areas. Only 56.5% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This gap is a defining feature of the local job market.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is much lower than most areas at 54.9%, which is well below the Australian figure. While the unemployment rate of 4.7% is a little below the state average, the proportion of adults working or looking for work has risen by 2.7 points since 2011.
56.5% ▲ +5.1%
Lower than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 53.8%
- 2016: 49.7%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.9% ▼ -2.0%
Lower than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 56.0%
- 2016: 52.0%
- 2021: 54.9%
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 12.8%, followed closely by construction at 12.1%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing, and retail trade both account for 8.6% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 16.8%. Managers follow at 13.9%, while labourers and community and personal service workers account for 13.6% and 12.9% respectively.
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 Lyons (Prosser) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED60512/lyons/topic/employment