5.1% ▼ -34.0%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 5.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Venus Bay · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Venus Bay
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 Venus Bay compared to the rest of the country. Only 41.4% of the adult population is in the labour force, which is 20 points lower than the Australian figure. This gap is most visible in full-time employment, which has fallen since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far below the national figure at 44.8%, and this has dropped 10 points since 2011. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is 5.1%, which is about the same as the Victorian and Australian figures.
41.4% ▲ +21.3%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 60.8%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
44.8% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 55.0%
- 2016: 65.0%
- 2021: 44.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 16.4%, followed by construction at 10.7% and education and training at 9.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 26.8%, while technicians and trades workers make up 19.2% of the workforce. Managers and community and personal service workers each account for 14.5%.
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 Venus Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221076/venus-bay/topic/employment