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.

Weekly individual income

Derived from the Census question, "What is the total of all wages/salaries, government benefits, pensions, allowances and other income the person usually receives?" This is the gross amount and relates only to persons aged 15 years or more.

Individual Income is an indicator of socio-economic status, types of occupations and skills required in a particular industry. With other data sources, such as Qualifications and Occupation, it helps to evaluate the economic opportunities of people in an industry. The amount of income an individual receives is linked to a number of factors including the person's:

employment status;
age;
qualifications; and
the type of employment undertaken by the person.

Income levels can vary greatly across industries within an area. It is also useful to compare the income levels in a local industry to the same industry in the wider area. As well as being related to the type of jobs and qualifications required in a particular industry, income levels can be related to the level of part-time employment and the age structure of the workforce, so the data should be looked at in conjunction with these topics.

Data options:

Select gender:

MalesFemalesPersons

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Geographic area benchmark:

Industry sector benchmark:

Select an ANZSIC industry classification:

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.

Weekly individual income of the workforce (all industries) (ANZSIC 1993 - Time series industry classification)

Weekly individual income of the All industries workforce by gender, Bega Valley Shire 2006		2006
Gender	Income	number	%	Regional NSW %
Persons	Negative income	56	0.5	0.5
Persons	Nil income	90	0.8	0.8
Persons	$1-$149	652	6.0	5.5
Persons	$150-$249	857	7.9	6.3
Persons	$250-$399	1,634	15.0	12.3
Persons	$400-$599	2,592	23.8	21.1
Persons	$600-$799	1,935	17.8	16.8
Persons	$800-$999	1,048	9.6	11.3
Persons	$1,000-$1,299	903	8.3	10.8
Persons	$1,300-$1,599	572	5.3	6.8
Persons	$1,600-$1,999	190	1.7	3.3
Persons	$2,000 or more	190	1.7	3.2
Persons	Not stated	153	1.4	1.5
Persons	Total	10,872	100.0	100.0

NOTE: Table totals may not equate with other similar tables due to randomisation of small numbers.

To see how income levels have changed over time, select the Income Quartiles table.

Weekly individual income of the workforce, Bega Valley Shire and Regional NSW 2006

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2001 and 2006.

Please refer to the specific data notes for more information.

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