4.9% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ashburton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ashburton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high rate of employment marks Ashburton, where 65.6% of adults are working or looking for work. This figure is well above the national average. The local workforce is largely employed in professional roles, with a strong concentration in technical and health services.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 65.6% of adults are working or looking for work—well above the figures for Victoria and Australia—the unemployment rate is 4.9%. This is about the same as the state and national rates, though higher than most similar areas.
65.6% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.7%
- 2016: 63.6%
- 2021: 65.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.8% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 59.4%
- 2021: 58.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employers are in professional and technical services, which account for 15.1% of jobs. Health care and social assistance follow at 13.8%, with education and training making up 10.7% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up a large share of the workforce at 38.8%, followed by managers at 21.7%. Clerical and administrative roles are the next most common, representing 11.5% of occupations.
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 Ashburton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20077/ashburton/topic/employment