4.4% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brighton East · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Brighton East
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
High-level professional roles define the working life of Brighton East, where over a third of the workforce are professionals. This high concentration of specialist careers is mirrored in the local industry mix, which is led by professional and technical services.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is almost identical to the national figure. The unemployment rate is 4.4%, which is higher than most similar areas.
61.2% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.6%
- 2016: 59.8%
- 2021: 61.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.7% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.0%
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 58.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the biggest employer at 14.9%, followed by health care and social assistance at 12.2%. Retail trade and education also make up significant shares of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is dominated by professionals (34.1%) and managers (24.1%). These high-level roles are far more common than clerical work (11.8%) or sales jobs (9.2%).
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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20338/brighton-east/topic/employment