3.8% ▲ +187.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brocklehurst · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Brocklehurst
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher than average proportion of adults, 63.8%, are working or looking for work in Brocklehurst. This suggests a strong attachment to the workforce compared to both the state and national figures. Most of these residents are in full-time roles, with unemployment sitting slightly below the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 63.8% of adults are in the labour force, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. This high level of activity is matched by a low unemployment rate of 3.8%, which is a little below the Australian average of 5.1%.
63.8% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.1%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 63.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.2% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.3%
- 2016: 61.5%
- 2021: 59.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split across several key sectors. Construction and retail trade are the most common industries, each employing 14.5% of people, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 19.7%. Other common roles in the area include managers at 14.5% and community and personal service workers at 13.2%.
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 Brocklehurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10580/brocklehurst/topic/employment