4.4% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 64% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bairnsdale · Urban Area
Jobs & Industry in Bairnsdale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 52.2% of adults in Bairnsdale are working or looking for work, a figure far below the Victorian average. This low level of employment activity is the main feature of the local workforce, despite a relatively low unemployment rate of 4.4%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is much lower than in most areas, falling by 2.5 percentage points since 2011. Full-time employment is also well below the national figure at 53.2%, which is a drop of 3.4 percentage points over the last decade.
52.2% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 79% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 54.6%
- 2016: 50.3%
- 2021: 52.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.2% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 85% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 56.6%
- 2016: 54.4%
- 2021: 53.2%
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 17.7%, followed by retail trade at 11.2% and construction at 10.0%. Manufacturing and education also make up significant shares of the local economy.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 16.3%. This is followed by labourers at 14.5%, technicians and trades at 14.3%, and community and personal service workers at 14.2%.
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 Bairnsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2002/bairnsdale/topic/employment