4.0% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Abbotsford · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Abbotsford
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Abbotsford compared to the rest of the state. This active workforce is underpinned by a very high rate of full-time employment, which sits 10 percentage points above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 77.6% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far above the 62.4% seen across Victoria. Full-time employment is also much higher than most areas at 69.2%, while the unemployment rate of 4.0% is a little below the national figure.
77.6% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.3%
- 2016: 72.5%
- 2021: 77.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
69.2% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.0%
- 2016: 72.3%
- 2021: 69.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with the largest shares in professional and technical services at 17.5% and health care and social assistance at 13.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 43.9%, followed by managers at 17.8% and clerical and administrative staff at 10.7%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Abbotsford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20002/abbotsford/topic/employment