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 quartile dollar ranges (Based on Regional NSW)
Quartile group	2006	2001
Lowest group	Nil to $391	Nil to $332
Medium lowest	$391 to $634	$332 to $533
Medium highest	$634 to $989	$533 to $790
Highest group	$989 and over	$790 and over

Weekly individual income quartiles (time-series)

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.

Incomes of workers are not comparable over time because of the influences of economic change such as wage level fluctuations and inflation. The income quartile method has been adopted as the most objective method of comparing change in the income profile of a workforce over time. They are also a useful method of comparing income levels between industries by grouping incomes into broader ranges.

The income quartile method assumes an even distribution within each income range collected in the Census. Quartiles are calculated by breaking up the total workforce within the Regional NSW into four equal groups (25% in each group). Comparisons can be made between industries within the area, or to the same industry in the selected benchmark area.

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 a benchmark area:

Geographic area benchmark:

Industry sector benchmark:

Select an ANZSIC industry classification:

1993 - Time series
2006 - Latest classification

Select an industry sector:

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 quartiles of the workforce (all industries) (ANZSIC 1993 - Time series industry classification)

Weekly individual income quartiles for All industries workforce, Bega Valley Shire 2006 and 2001	2006			2001			Change
Quartile	number	%	Regional NSW %	number	%	Regional NSW %	2006 to 2001
Lowest group	3,204	29.9	25.0	3,004	30.4	25.0	200
Medium lowest	3,011	28.1	25.0	2,828	28.6	25.0	183
Medium highest	2,598	24.2	25.0	2,252	22.8	25.0	346
Highest group	1,906	17.8	25.0	1,810	18.3	25.0	96
Total	10,719	100.0	100.0	9,894	100.0	100.0	825

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

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

Change in weekly individual income quartiles of the workforce, Bega Valley Shire 2001 to 2006

Source: Derived from the 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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