3.6% ▼ -41.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brogo · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Brogo
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are in the workforce in Brogo than in the rest of the state, with only 54.7% working or looking for work. This gap is most visible in full-time employment, which is far below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 43.2% of residents work full-time, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 58%. Despite this, the unemployment rate is 3.6%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
54.7% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.8%
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 54.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
43.2% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.6%
- 2016: 44.7%
- 2021: 43.2%
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 at 20.1%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 15.4%. Construction, retail trade, and education also employ a significant portion of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals and managers make up the largest groups of workers at 19.3% and 18.5% respectively. Labourers (15.1%) and community and personal service workers (13.5%) also form key parts of the local workforce.
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 Brogo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10586/brogo/topic/employment