5.3% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brighton-Le-Sands · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Brighton-Le-Sands
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Brighton-Le-Sands than in most other areas, with only 55.1% of the adult population in the labour force. This is well below the national figure of 61.1%. While many residents hold professional roles, the area faces a higher unemployment rate than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 5.3%, which is higher than most areas. Around 57.2% of the workforce are employed full-time, a figure that is about the same as the New South Wales average.
55.1% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.9%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 55.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.2% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.2%
- 2016: 66.4%
- 2021: 57.2%
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, employing 12.0% of people. Construction follows at 9.6%, then professional and technical services at 8.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
A quarter of workers are professionals, making it the most common occupation. Other common roles include clerical and administrative work at 15.7% and managers at 14.6%.
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 Brighton-Le-Sands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10566/brighton-le-sands/topic/employment