4.3% ▼ -21.6%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brunswick East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Jobs & Industry in Brunswick East
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults in Brunswick East are working or looking for work than in most similar areas. This active workforce is anchored by a very high rate of full-time employment, which has remained steady for a decade. The area's employment profile is dominated by professional and technical roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 77.3% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far above the national rate of 61.1%. This is driven by a strong full-time employment rate of 65.3%, which is well above the Victorian average.
77.3% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 70.0%
- 2016: 72.2%
- 2021: 77.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.3% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 65.8%
- 2016: 66.2%
- 2021: 65.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the most common industry for local workers at 16.6%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.2% and education and training at 12.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly half of the workforce are professionals (45.5%), which helps explain the high number of people employed in technical and professional industries. Managers make up another 15.8% 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 Brunswick East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206011106/brunswick-east/topic/employment