5.9% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lismore · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Lismore
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Lismore than in most similar areas, though full-time roles have dropped. While 56.4% of adults are in the labour force, the proportion of full-time workers has fallen by 9.6 percentage points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 5.9%, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the national figure of 5.1%. Only 54.4% of the workforce is in full-time employment, a figure well below the New South Wales rate of 58.0%.
56.4% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 58.2%
- 2016: 59.1%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.4% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 63.9%
- 2016: 64.0%
- 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 23.2%, followed by retail trade at 12.5% and education and training at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 20.2%, while 15.5% of people work in community and personal services.
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/ucl/UCL112012/lismore/topic/employment