Brewarrina · Suburb / Locality

Jobs & Industry in Brewarrina

Name: Jobs & Industry in Brewarrina — 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 far higher share of full-time workers than the national average defines the workforce in Brewarrina, where 68.9% of the working population are employed full-time. However, the area struggles with a low overall level of people working or looking for work. This creates a stark contrast between those in steady full-time roles and those outside the workforce.

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📍 Brewarrina, Suburb / Locality

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Only 44.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. At the same time, the unemployment rate is 7.8%, which is a little above the Australian average of 5.1%.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Public administration and safety is the largest employer at 20.3%, followed closely by health care and social assistance at 17.9% and education at 17.6%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing also provide a significant amount of work for 10.5% of the local workforce.

Industries people work in

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Brewarrina splits fairly evenly between Public administration & safety (21%) and Health care & social assistance (18%), with Education & training at 18%.

Public administration & safety 20.3% Health care & social assistance 17.9% Education & training 17.6% Agriculture, forestry & fishing 10.5% Retail trade 6.4% Construction 4.7% Transport & warehousing 4.4% Accommodation & food 4.1% Administrative & support 4.1% Other services 3.0%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Community and personal service workers make up the largest group at 20.9%. Professionals and managers also feature strongly, accounting for 17.6% and 15.2% of jobs respectively.

Occupations people work in

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Brewarrina splits fairly evenly between Community & personal service (21%) and Professionals (18%), with Managers at 16%.

Community & personal service 20.9% Professionals 17.6% Managers 15.2% Labourers 12.5% Technicians & trades 9.8% Clerical & administrative 9.8% Machinery operators & drivers 7.8% Sales workers 4.1%

Sources

Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Brewarrina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10560/brewarrina/topic/employment

Unemployment rate compared with the state and national average
Brewarrina	7.8%
2839, NSW	6.3%
New South Wales	4.9%
Australia	5.1%

Where Brewarrina sits — Unemployment rate