2.7% ▼ -31.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 2.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Barwon Heads · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Barwon Heads
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professionals make up the biggest slice of the workforce in Barwon Heads, where 32.7% of workers hold such roles. While unemployment is quite low at 2.7%, a smaller proportion of the local population is in the workforce compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 58.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average at 50.9%.
58.3% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.2%
- 2016: 61.5%
- 2021: 58.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.9% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.8%
- 2016: 52.0%
- 2021: 50.9%
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 for locals at 16.1%, followed by construction at 11.3% and education and training at 11.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond the high number of professionals, nearly one in five workers is a manager (19.4%). Technicians and tradespeople make up another 12.1% 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 Barwon Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20162/barwon-heads/topic/employment