9.5% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 9.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lightning Ridge · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Lightning Ridge
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 22 percentage points separates the proportion of adults working or looking for work in Lightning Ridge from the national figure. This highlights a struggling local job market where only 39.3% of adults are active in the workforce. These challenges are reflected in a high unemployment rate that sits well above state and national levels.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 9.5%, which is much higher than most areas and well above the New South Wales figure of 4.9%. This comes as the share of full-time employees fell to 52.7% since 2011, leaving the town well below the national average.
39.3% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.8%
- 2016: 41.1%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.7% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 57.5%
- 2016: 54.4%
- 2021: 52.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local employment is spread across several sectors, with education and training leading at 15.9%. Other significant employers include accommodation and food services at 15.4% and retail trade at 14.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service roles are the most common at 20.3%, followed by professionals at 17.6%. Managers and clerical or administrative staff make up 14.0% and 12.3% of the workforce 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 Lightning Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115098/lightning-ridge/topic/employment