4.6% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Goughs Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Goughs Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Retail trade is the most common industry for workers in Goughs Bay, where 12.7% of the workforce is employed in this sector. This is a sparsely populated area with a small workforce, and far fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 43.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas at 46.8%, while the unemployment rate of 4.6% is about the same as the national figure.
43.2% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.2%
- 2016: 40.1%
- 2021: 43.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.8% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.1%
- 2016: 44.1%
- 2021: 46.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade leads the local industry breakdown at 12.7%, followed by accommodation and food services at 11.1%. Other notable sectors include administrative and support services and public administration and safety, both at 9.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers and labourers are the two most common roles, each making up 19.0% of occupations. Clerical and administrative workers follow at 12.7%, with professionals and community service workers each at 11.1%.
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 Goughs Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21077/goughs-bay/topic/employment