6.4% ▼ -35.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 6.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Batemans Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Batemans Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 22 percentage points separates the proportion of adults working or looking for work in Batemans Bay from the national figure. This creates a unique local job market where fewer adults are in the workforce, and the unemployment rate is a little above the national average at 6.4%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 39.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average, with 51.6% of the workforce in full-time roles.
39.1% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.4%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.6% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.2%
- 2016: 46.3%
- 2021: 51.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is driven by hospitality and shops, with 19.4% of people working in accommodation and food and 15.3% in retail trade. Health care and social assistance also employ a significant 14.7% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up the largest group at 16.5%, closely followed by labourers at 16.1%. Technicians and tradespeople account for 14.9% of the local roles.
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 Batemans Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10229/batemans-bay/topic/employment