3.8% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bena · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bena
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Similar areas typically have more full-time workers than Bena, where only 53.8% of the population are employed full-time. While the local workforce size and unemployment rates sit around the national average, the community is heavily reliant on a few key sectors. Agriculture and management roles define the local economy.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is similar to the national figure. However, full-time employment is well below the Victorian average, and the 3.8% unemployment rate is a little below the state and national figures.
61.5% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.2%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 61.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.8% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.3%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry for 27.2% of the workforce. Health care and social assistance follows at 13.9%, while construction accounts for 10.8% of local jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 31.6%, followed by professionals at 17.7% and technicians and tradespeople at 15.2%.
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 Bena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20203/bena/topic/employment