5.7% ▲ +9.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Warburton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Warburton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Warburton, where 15.6% of people are employed in this field. The local workforce is smaller than in most similar areas, and the typical employment patterns differ significantly from those across Victoria and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 48.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the Australian average at 49.1%, while the unemployment rate is 5.7%, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
48.8% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.5%
- 2016: 49.1%
- 2021: 48.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.1% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.3%
- 2016: 53.9%
- 2021: 49.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the main industries employing locals are education and training at 11.8%, followed by construction at 8.3%. Accommodation and food services and manufacturing each employ about 7% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 21.6%. Community and personal service workers follow at 17.2%, with managers, technicians and trades, and labourers also representing significant shares of the local jobs.
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 Warburton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22689/warburton/topic/employment