7.2% ▲ +24.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 7.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brookfield · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Brookfield
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment patterns have shifted in Brookfield, where a high proportion of people now work full-time. While 61.2% of the workforce holds full-time roles, the area faces a higher unemployment rate than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is around the middle for its level. However, the unemployment rate is 7.2%, which is a little above both the state and national figures.
60.7% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.6%
- 2016: 62.3%
- 2021: 60.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.2% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.5%
- 2016: 65.6%
- 2021: 61.2%
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 at 12.2%, followed closely by transport and warehousing at 11.8% and construction at 11.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are technicians and trades at 14.1%, while community and personal service workers and machinery operators both make up 14.0% of the 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 Brookfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20351/brookfield/topic/employment