Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A shifting job market defines Bayulu (L), where the share of full-time workers rose by 22 percentage points since 2011. While more people are in full-time roles, the area faces a severe unemployment rate of 29.5%, which is far above the national figure.
Only 19.3% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the state and national averages. This reflects a sharp decline from 2011, when that group made up 42.3% of the population.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 36.4%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 24.2% and electricity, gas and water at 15.2%.
In Bayulu, the largest group is Health care & social assistance at 48%, followed by Agriculture, forestry & fishing (32%) and Electricity, gas & water (20%).
Community and personal service roles are the most common at 27.3%, while 18.2% of workers are labourers and 15.2% hold clerical and administrative positions.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Bayulu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522004/bayulu/topic/employment