6.0% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 6.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Broadmeadow · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Broadmeadow
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Broadmeadow compared to the rest of the state. While 67.6% of adults are active in the labour force, the area also sees a higher unemployment rate of 6.0% than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is far more common here than in most similar areas, sitting well above the New South Wales figure by 9.0 percentage points. Full-time employment is at 58.0%, which is about the same as the state and national averages.
67.6% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.7%
- 2016: 68.8%
- 2021: 67.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.0% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.6%
- 2016: 56.9%
- 2021: 58.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is heavily concentrated in health care and social assistance, which employs 19.4% of people. Education and training is another major employer at 12.1%, followed by professional and technical services at 8.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 28.8%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 13.9% and technicians and trades people at 12.4%.
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 Broadmeadow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10575/broadmeadow/topic/employment