7.9% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 7.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brimbank · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Brimbank
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of over 6 percentage points separates the proportion of working adults in Brimbank from the Victorian average. While the area has a diverse range of employment sectors, it faces a higher unemployment rate than most other regions.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 56% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 7.9%, a little above the Australian figure of 5.1% and much higher than most other areas.
56.0% ▼ -0.5%
Lower than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 56.3%
- 2016: 56.4%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.9% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 63.0%
- 2016: 60.5%
- 2021: 57.9%
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 11.3%, followed by retail trade at 10.2% and manufacturing at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 16.8%, while technicians and trades people make up 13.6% of the workforce.
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 Brimbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA21180/brimbank/topic/employment