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+).
Browns Creek · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A massive 20 percentage point gap separates Browns Creek from the national average in terms of people working or looking for work. This small area has a very active workforce, with 80.9% of adults employed or seeking a job. Most of these residents are in stable, full-time roles.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Employment is exceptionally strong here, with 72% of the workforce in full-time roles, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 58%. The unemployment rate is 0.0%, well below both the state and national figures.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
80.9% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
72.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, led by education and training at 21.3% and health care and social assistance at 16%. Mining is also a significant employer at 13.3%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up the largest group at 20%, followed by professionals at 18.7% and machinery operators and drivers at 17.3%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Browns Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10607/browns-creek/topic/employment