3.6% —
Lower than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bellarine (Western Victoria) · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Bellarine (Western Victoria)
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Bellarine than in most similar areas. Only 55.7% of the adult population is in the labour force, and full-time employment has fallen to 52.5% since the last census. Despite this, the local unemployment rate is very low at 3.6%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 55.7%, which is well below both the Victorian and national figures. While full-time employment has fallen 2.1 points since 2016, the unemployment rate has also dropped 1.7 points to 3.6%.
55.7% —
Lower than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 55.1%
- 2021: 55.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.5% —
Lower than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 54.6%
- 2021: 52.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 16.9%, followed by construction at 12.4% and retail trade at 9.9%. Education and training also employ nearly a tenth of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 22.8%. Technicians and trades workers account for 15.4%, while managers and community and personal service workers both sit around 13%.
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 Bellarine (Western Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED20508/bellarine/topic/employment