5.0% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bracken Ridge · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Jobs & Industry in Bracken Ridge
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Bracken Ridge than in most similar areas. While 66.6% of adults are in the labour force, the proportion of those in full-time roles has fallen by 6.5 percentage points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The 66.6% of adults working or looking for work is well above the national figure of 61.1%. This is despite an unemployment rate of 5.0%, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
66.6% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 68.7%
- 2016: 66.7%
- 2021: 66.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.2% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 65.6%
- 2016: 63.9%
- 2021: 59.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 17.3%, followed by retail trade at 9.3% and construction at 8.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
About one in five workers are professionals, while 14.9% hold clerical or administrative roles and 13.9% are technicians and tradespeople.
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 Bracken Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/302041041/bracken-ridge/topic/employment