5.4% ▲ +93.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 5.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bass · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bass
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people are in the workforce in Bass compared to most similar areas. Only 52.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This trend is matched by a very low rate of full-time employment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 45.5% of residents have full-time jobs, a figure far below the Victorian average of 59.2%. This contributes to the area having a lower proportion of adults working or looking for work than most other areas, while the unemployment rate of 5.4% is about the same as the national figure.
52.7% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.6%
- 2016: 58.3%
- 2021: 52.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
45.5% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.9%
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 45.5%
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 local workers at 11.8%. Other significant employers include agriculture, forestry and fishing, and construction, which both account for 9.6% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 15.7%. Technicians and trades workers and labourers are also common, each representing 15.2% of the local 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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20164/bass/topic/employment