3.7% ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brim · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Brim
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly half of the workforce in Brim is employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. This dominance of farming is a key feature of the local economy, though only 55.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Far fewer people work full-time here than in the rest of the country, at 44.6%. The unemployment rate is 3.7%, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
55.1% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.1%
- 2016: 58.6%
- 2021: 55.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
44.6% ▼ -30.0%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.7%
- 2016: 53.3%
- 2021: 44.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the largest employer at 49.4%. Health care and social assistance is the next most common industry at 18.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 36.1%, followed by labourers at 20.5% and community and personal service workers at 13.3%.
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 Brim [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20339/brim/topic/employment