2.5% ▼ -49.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 2.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brooklyn · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Brooklyn
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Brooklyn compared to most similar areas. While the unemployment rate is a low 2.5%, the area has a much lower proportion of full-time workers than the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 63.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. However, full-time employment is only 50%, sitting well below the Australian average of 58.9%.
63.7% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.1%
- 2016: 65.2%
- 2021: 63.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.0% ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.3%
- 2016: 62.6%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The main industries for local workers are education and training at 13.3%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.6% and construction at 11.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals and managers make up the largest groups of workers, accounting for 21.9% and 21.1% of the workforce respectively, while technicians and trades follow at 14.6%.
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 Brooklyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10596/brooklyn/topic/employment