It is estimated that 51,584 people work in Lake Macquarie.

Definition:

Occupation - details the number of employed persons aged 15 and over by occupation (1-digit ANZSCO level). The Australian Bureau of Statistics defines ‘occupation’ as the main job held by the respondent.

Employment - represents the number of people employed by businesses / organisations in each of the industry sectors in the defined regions. In this report the employment data is place of work data and represents total numbers of employees without any conversions to full-time equivalence.

Source: Latest REMPLAN data incorporating Australian Bureau of Statistics’ (ABS) 2011 Census Place of Work Employment Data.