4.8% ▼ -19.1%
Lower than 52% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
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Jobs & Industry in Ballarat
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment has fallen by 3.4 percentage points since 2011 in Ballarat, where 55.9% of people now work full-time. This is lower than the national figure and most other similar areas. While the share of full-time work has dropped, the overall number of adults working or looking for work has remained steady at 60.2%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 4.8%, which is about the same as the national figure and has fallen since 2011. However, the share of people in full-time work is well below the Victorian average of 59.2%.
60.2% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 64% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 60.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.9% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 65% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 59.3%
- 2016: 57.0%
- 2021: 55.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in the area, with 19.2% of the workforce. Education and training follow at 10.9%, while retail trade accounts for 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 22.8%. Community and personal service workers and technicians and trades people both account for 13.8% of the local workforce.
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 Ballarat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2003/ballarat/topic/employment