4.6% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brunswick West · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Brunswick West
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Brunswick West than across the rest of the country. While 72.3% of adults are in the labour force, the unemployment rate of 4.6% is higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 72.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 59.6%, which is about the same as the Victorian average.
72.3% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.6%
- 2016: 66.8%
- 2021: 72.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.6% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.8%
- 2016: 62.1%
- 2021: 59.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 14.6%, followed by education and training at 13.1% and professional and technical services at 12.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are very common here, making up 38.4% of jobs. Managers account for 13.8%, while clerical and administrative workers make up 12.5% 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 Brunswick West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20363/brunswick-west/topic/employment