0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brookdale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Brookdale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Half of all workers in Brookdale are employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. This creates a highly active local workforce where 81.3% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far above the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Employment is exceptionally strong here, with a 0.0% unemployment rate that is well below the New South Wales figure. Full-time work is also common, at 73.1%, which is far above the Australian average.
81.3% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.3%
- 2021: 81.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
73.1% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2021: 73.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry for half of the workforce, followed by health care and social assistance at 30.8% and construction at 11.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 46.2%, while labourers account for 19.2% 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 Brookdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10592/brookdale/topic/employment