Broome · Council (LGA)

Jobs & Industry in Broome

Name: Jobs & Industry in Broome — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

A full-time employment rate of 66.7% is well above the national figure in Broome. This highlights a workforce where more people hold stable, full-time roles than in most other Australian areas. While the share of full-time work has dipped slightly since 2011, the area remains a strong hub for employment.

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📍 Broome, Council (LGA)

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Working or looking for work is more common here than in most areas, with 63.9% of adults in the labour force. This is a little above the Australian figure, though the unemployment rate of 4.8% is about the same as the state and national levels.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 18.4%, followed by education and training at 12.3%. Other key sectors include accommodation and food services at 9.3% and public administration and safety at 8.4%.

Industries people work in

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No single group dominates in Broome — Health care & social assistance leads at 19%, ahead of Education & training (13%) and Accommodation & food (10%).

Health care & social assistance 18.4% Education & training 12.3% Accommodation & food 9.3% Public administration & safety 8.4% Retail trade 8.1% Construction 7.3% Transport & warehousing 6.4% Other services 3.8% Administrative & support 3.6% Agriculture, forestry & fishing 3.0%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 22.9%. Community and personal service workers follow at 14.4%, with managers at 13.8% and technicians and trades at 12.7% also representing significant shares of the workforce.

Occupations people work in

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No single group dominates in Broome — Professionals leads at 23%, ahead of Community & personal service (15%) and Managers (14%).

Professionals 22.9% Community & personal service 14.4% Managers 13.8% Technicians & trades 12.7% Clerical & administrative 12.6% Labourers 9.2% Sales workers 7.0% Machinery operators & drivers 5.1%

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 Broome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50980/broome/topic/employment

Unemployment rate compared with the state and national average
Broome	4.8%
Rest of WA	4.2%
Western Australia	5.1%
Australia	5.1%

Where Broome sits — Unemployment rate