7.1% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brownsville · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Brownsville
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher unemployment rate of 7.1% marks the local job market in Brownsville. Fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures, and full-time employment is notably low.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 52.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This is reflected in the low rate of full-time employment, which at 52.5% is much lower than most areas.
52.9% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.4%
- 2016: 50.3%
- 2021: 52.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.5% ▼ -16.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.7%
- 2016: 63.2%
- 2021: 52.5%
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 for local workers at 16.3%, followed by retail trade at 11.3% and construction at 8.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades and clerical and administrative roles are equally common, each making up 18.1% of jobs, while community and personal service roles account for 14.5%.
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 Brownsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10609/brownsville/topic/employment