6.2% —
Higher than 78% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 6.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bass · Federal Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Bass
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Bass, where 18.1% of the workforce is employed in this sector. While more adults are now working or looking for work than in 2016, the area faces a higher unemployment rate than most other similar regions.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 58% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 6.2%, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national 5.1%.
58.0% —
Lower than 69% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 58.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.1% —
Lower than 77% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 56.4%
- 2021: 55.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 18.1%, followed by retail trade at 10.1% and education and training at 9.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.6%, while community and personal service workers account for 13.8% 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 Bass [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED601/bass/topic/employment