4.3% ▲ +93.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Broomfield · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Broomfield
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only about half of adults in Broomfield are working or looking for work, which is much lower than most similar areas. This suggests a community where many people are either retired or not in the workforce, with just 48.8% of residents employed full-time.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The 51.7% of adults working or looking for work is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. While the unemployment rate of 4.3% is higher than most areas, it remains about the same as the national figure of 5.1%.
51.7% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.3%
- 2016: 47.0%
- 2021: 51.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.8% ▼ -19.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.3%
- 2016: 61.1%
- 2021: 48.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here at 16.3%, followed by construction and retail trade, which both account for 10.5% of workers.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
About one in five locals are professionals (20.9%) or technicians and tradespeople (19.8%), while 14% work in community and personal services.
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 Broomfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20354/broomfield/topic/employment