0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brockley · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Brockley compared to the rest of the country. While 77.5% of adults are active in the labour force, a huge majority of the local workforce is employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Unemployment is non-existent at 0.0%, which is well below the national figure of 5.1%. However, full-time employment is much lower than most areas at 50.0%, sitting 8.9 percentage points below the Australian average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
77.5% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.0% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is dominated by agriculture, forestry and fishing, which employs 71.4% of the workforce. Health care and social assistance make up another 14.3% of jobs.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 35.7%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative staff at 14.3%, while community and personal service workers and labourers each account for 10.7%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Brockley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10582/brockley/topic/employment