4.3% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 67% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bendigo · Urban Area
Jobs & Industry in Bendigo
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Well below the Victorian average, only 56.1% of working-age people in Bendigo have full-time jobs. This reflects a local job market where full-time employment has fallen by 3.1 percentage points since 2011. However, the unemployment rate is a low 4.3%, which is lower than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.7% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade. While this is a little below the national figure, the local unemployment rate of 4.3% is about the same as the state and national levels.
59.7% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 59% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 59.8%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 59.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.1% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 63% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 59.2%
- 2016: 56.8%
- 2021: 56.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer, making up 19.7% of the local workforce. Other major industries include retail trade at 10%, construction at 9.2%, and education and training at 8.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 22.1%. Community and personal service workers make up 13.8% of the workforce, followed by technicians and trades at 13.4%.
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 Bendigo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2004/bendigo/topic/employment