Bega Valley Shire

The workforce

The workforce is presented in two sections to answer the following questions:

What are the characteristics of the workers in each industry sector?
Where do the workers come from?

The workforce data represents characteristics of all people who are employed in the LGA, regardless of where they live. The characteristics of the workforce in an area are indicative of the structure of the local economy and the employment opportunities on offer. It is also indicative of the socio-demographic characteristics of the population in the local area and the broader region (that is, the local and regional skills on offer).

Data are presented for the total LGA workforce and for the workforce constituting each industry sector (Who are our workers?). This reveals the extent to which the workforce characteristics vary between each industry sector, which is indicative of specific industry sector workforce requirements.

Data are also presented for where each industry sector is deriving its workforce (Where do our workers come from?). This data reveals the extent to which each industry sector derives its workforce from outside the local area, that is, the level of self-containment of each industry sector and the overall level of self-containment of the total LGA workforce. This is important as many Local Governments have a policy objective of maximising the level of workforce self-containment.

Where do the workers come from?

Understanding where workers come from is important information for Local Government. It assists in planning and advocacy for roads and public transport provision. It helps to clarify the economic and employment drivers across areas and assists in understanding the degree to which the local economy draws on its region to supply labour for its industries.

The distance travelled by workers in different industry sectors may be influenced by:

The nature of employment opportunities (e.g. more specialist occupations may draw people from further afield).
The number of jobs available in the industry sector.
Transport options available and commuting times.

This data is a part of the 'journey to work' data set.

The journey to work data that is presented below is based on the 2006 Census Question: "For the main job held last week, what was the person’s workplace address?"

This data is then cross-tabulated with the person’s current usual residential address to create a matrix of home to work, with the focus of the analysis on the work destination. This information is generally not available at the small area (suburb / locality) level due to geographic limitations when being coded or processed.

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1993 - Time series
2006 - Latest classification

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The workforce (all industries)

Includes the sum of all industry categories.

Industries are classified according to an industry coding system. The 1993 Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) is not the lastest standard but provides a comparable classification for time-series data. This standard was used to code industry data for the 1996, 2001 and 2006 censuses, (2006 industry data was coded to both the 1993 and the 2006 standards).

For more information please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, and ANZSIC classification.

Areas of residence for the workforce (all industries) employed in the local area 2006 (ANZSIC 1993 - Time series industry classification)

Areas of residence(a) for All industries workers in the area 2006
Local Government Area	number	%
Bega Valley (A)	10,597	97.5
Other areas	273	2.5
Total people working in Bega Valley Shire	10,870	100.0

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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Journey to work data 2006.

Please refer to the specific data notes for more information.

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