2.8% ▼ -68.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 2.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brooms Head · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Brooms Head
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults in Brooms Head are working or looking for work than in previous years. Only 44.5% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This suggests a local economy where a smaller proportion of the population is employed compared to similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is far below the New South Wales figure. While full-time employment is well below the national average at 50.0%, the unemployment rate is a little below the national figure at 2.8%.
44.5% ▲ +16.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.2%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 44.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.0% ▲ +20.0%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.7%
- 2016: 46.8%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 23.1%, followed by health care and social assistance at 17.3% and accommodation and food services at 14.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 32.7%, with managers accounting for 16.3% and community and personal service workers at 14.4%.
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 Brooms Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10600/brooms-head/topic/employment