4.3% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
East Bendigo · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in East Bendigo
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in East Bendigo than in most similar areas, with only 54.8% in the workforce. This is well below both the Victorian figure of 62.4% and the national average. While the unemployment rate is 4.3%, it remains higher than in most other similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 56.6% of the workforce is employed full-time, which is a little below the national figure of 58.9%. The proportion of adults working or looking for work is well below the state average.
54.8% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.3%
- 2016: 56.9%
- 2021: 54.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.6% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.6%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 56.6%
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 18.3%, followed by retail trade at 10.6% and manufacturing at 8.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 24.3%, while technicians and trades account for 14.4% and labourers 12.9%.
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 East Bendigo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20828/east-bendigo/topic/employment