4.4% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bacchus Marsh · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bacchus Marsh
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher-than-average 61.4% of working residents in Bacchus Marsh hold full-time jobs. While more people here work full-time than in most similar areas, a smaller proportion of the total adult population is working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 57.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. The unemployment rate is 4.4%, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the national rate of 5.1%.
57.6% ▲ +0.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.4%
- 2016: 54.1%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.4% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.7%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 61.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 13.7%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.4%. Education and training also employ a significant 10% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 18.2%, closely followed by technicians and trades at 17.1%. Clerical and administrative roles account for 14.3% of occupations.
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 Bacchus Marsh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20095/bacchus-marsh/topic/employment