3.6% ▼ -51.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Baw Baw · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Baw Baw
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is very common in Baw Baw (NSW), with 67.1% of the workforce in permanent roles. This high level of employment creates a stable economic base for the area, where far more people are working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. The unemployment rate is 3.6%, a little below both the state and national averages.
64.4% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.3%
- 2016: 55.0%
- 2021: 64.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.1% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.8%
- 2016: 61.5%
- 2021: 67.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry here, employing 16.4% of workers. Other major sectors include health care and social assistance at 10.7%, and education and training at 10.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers and professionals make up the largest groups of workers, accounting for 17.1% and 16.4% of jobs respectively. Clerical and administrative roles follow at 15.7%.
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 Baw Baw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10234/baw-baw/topic/employment