3.7% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brighton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Brighton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professionals make up the largest work group in Brighton, where 36.7% of workers hold these roles. This is a highly skilled workforce with a low unemployment rate of 3.7%, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Most of these residents have full-time jobs, with 58.2% of the population employed full-time.
59.4% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.6%
- 2016: 58.3%
- 2021: 59.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.2% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.3%
- 2016: 60.2%
- 2021: 58.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for locals are professional and technical services at 17%, followed by health care and social assistance at 12.5%. Other key sectors include retail trade, education, and finance.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
High-level roles are common here, as 26% of people work as managers alongside the large number of professionals. Clerical and administrative roles make up 11.2% 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 Brighton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20337/brighton/topic/employment