3.8% ▼ -18.7%
Lower than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bass Coast · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Bass Coast
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 Coast, where 14.8% of the workforce is employed in these fields. The region has a much smaller proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state, with the typical person in the workforce more likely to be part-time.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 49.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment has fallen 8.3 percentage points since 2011 and is now far below the Victorian average.
49.5% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 51.9%
- 2016: 48.8%
- 2021: 49.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.5% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 98% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 56.8%
- 2016: 50.2%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, the main industries for locals are construction at 12.9%, retail trade at 10.4%, and education and training at 8.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 18.1%, followed by technicians and trades at 16.1% and managers at 14.6%.
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 Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA20740/bass-coast/topic/employment