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Bega Valley Shire

The residents

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

  • What are the characteristics of the local residents?
  • Where do the residents work?

The people who live in an area are one of the most important resources that an economy draws upon, both as a market that consumes goods and services and as a source of labour.

This data is from the Usual Resident dataset of the Census. It includes all the people who reside in the local area, including those people who are not in the labour force (such as the elderly, children, unpaid domestic workers and carers etc.). Presenting the characteristics of the total local residents in economy.id® provides the context for understanding:

  • the characteristics of the local labour force (which is a subset of the total population);
  • the relationship between the residential role and function of the local area and its economic role and function;
  • the local market for goods and services.

More detailed information about the resident population, including suburb/locality profiles, can be found in Bega Valley Shire community profile at www.id.com.au/profile/begavalley.

 

Where do the residents work?

Understanding where local residents work is important information for Local Government. It helps to clarify the economic and employment drivers across areas and the degree of employment self containment within the local area.

Industry self-containment is a measure of the proportion of an industry’s workforce that reside in the same LGA as they work. It is a measure which summarises whether workers need to travel significant distances to work, or can live near work. Self containment is likely to be higher for regional areas, lower in metropolitan areas and is influenced by:

  • The relationship between the nature of employment opportunities and the skills and qualifications of local residents;
  • Transport options available and commuting times;
  • Relationship between wages and salaries and house prices in the local area; and
  • The geographic size of the local area.

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.

Double click on the map to zoom in. Hover over an LGA on the map to find its ranking in the table.

Data options:
Select an ANZSIC industry classification:
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.

Work location of Bega Valley Shire residents employed in the workforce (all industries) 2006 (ANZSIC 1993 - Time series industry classification) Place of usual residence

Areas of work for All industries residents in Bega Valley Shire 2006
Local Government Areanumber%
Bega Valley (A)10,59785.0
New South Wales No Fixed Address6525.2
Not stated4843.9
Eurobodalla (A)1491.2
NSW Undefined1281.0
Other areas4533.6
Total resident workers12,463100.0
                 

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006.

Please refer to the specific data notes for more information.