8.6% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 8.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bass Hill · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bass Hill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment patterns in Bass Hill have shifted over the last decade, but the area now struggles with a much lower workforce rate than the national average. Only 41.9% of adults are working or looking for work, and the local unemployment rate of 8.6% is well above the own state figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Few residents work full-time, at 48.4%, which is far below the Australian figure of 58.9%. This is consistent with the fact that the number of adults working or looking for work is much lower than most areas.
41.9% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.9%
- 2016: 51.8%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.4% ▼ -22.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.5%
- 2016: 61.3%
- 2021: 48.4%
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 here at 12.4%, followed by retail trade at 10.9% and construction at 9.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for workers in Bass Hill at 19.9%, with clerical and administrative jobs making up 15.5% of the 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 Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10224/bass-hill/topic/employment