5.7% ▼ -37.9%
Higher than 76% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lismore · Urban Area
Jobs & Industry in Lismore
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people work full-time in Lismore compared to the rest of the state. While the unemployment rate fell to 5.7% by 2021, the area still sees a lower proportion of adults working or looking for work than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.4% of the workforce is employed full-time, which is well below the New South Wales and Australian figures. This follows a downward trend, as full-time employment fell 2.0 percentage points since 2011.
56.5% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 56% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 56.8%
- 2016: 46.4%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.4% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 77% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 56.4%
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Lismore at 23.1%, followed by retail trade at 12.4% and education and training at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 20.2%, while community and personal service workers account for 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 Lismore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1018/lismore/topic/employment