Lake Macquarie Economy Dashboard





219,249 people
Population (2023)
2,655 people from 2022
$14.49 Billion
GRP (2023)
$1.49B from 2022
$29.1 Billion
Output (2023)
$2.99B from 2022
2.91%
Unemployment (Sep 2023)
0.8ppts from Sep 2022
$7.14 Billion
Wages and Salaries (2023)
$0.73B from 2022
$8.2 Billion
Regional Exports (2023)
$0.84B from 2022
$832,000
Median House Price (2022-23)
$2,000 from 2021-22
14,274
Business Counts (2023)
187 from 2022
$634.82 Million
Residential Approvals (2023)
$3.87M from 2022

ERP Population

Gross Regional Product

Labour Force

Wages and Salaries

Regional Exports

Median House Prices

Business Counts

Building Approvals

Resources


  • Population
    Source: ABS 2023 Estimated Resident Population (Revised)

  • Building Approvals
    Source: ABS 2022-23 Building Approvals

  • Labour Force
    Source: REMPLAN September 2023 SALF Report
    • Jobs and Skills Australia Small Area Labour Markets (SALM)
    • ABS Quarterly Detailed Labour Force Survey

  • Gross Regional Product, Output, Wages and Salaries, and Regional Exports
    Source: REMPLAN Economy 2023 Release 1
    • ABS 2021 Census Place of Work Employment (Scaled)
    • ABS 2020-21 ABS National Input Output Tables
    • ABS June 2023 ABS Gross State Product

  • Business Counts
    Source: ABS 2022-23 Counts of Australian Businesses

  • House Prices
    Source: CoreLogic 2022-23 RPData; REMPLAN Property 2023