4.8% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bairnsdale · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Bairnsdale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Bairnsdale than a decade ago, with this figure falling 12 points since 2011. The area now has a workforce where 50.6% of adults are active in the labour market. Health care and retail are the main drivers of employment in the town.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment has fallen 9.7 points since 2011 to 53.4%, which is well below the Victorian figure of 59.2%. While the proportion of people working or looking for work is far below the national level, the unemployment rate of 4.8% is about the same as the rest of Australia.
50.6% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 62.6%
- 2016: 60.8%
- 2021: 50.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.4% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 63.1%
- 2016: 62.8%
- 2021: 53.4%
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 Bairnsdale at 17.8%. Other major industries include retail trade at 11.6%, manufacturing at 9.7%, and construction at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up 16.1% of the local workforce, followed closely by labourers at 15.7%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 14.2% and technicians and trades people at 13.9%.
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/ucl/UCL213001/bairnsdale/topic/employment