12.8% ▲ +37.6%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 12.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Braemore · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Braemore
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Finding a job is a significant challenge in Braemore, where the unemployment rate is 12.8%, well above the national figure. Only 40.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below both Queensland and Australia. This suggests a local workforce that struggles to find steady employment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Very few adults here are in the labour force, at 40.5%, a figure far below the national average. Full-time work is also a little below the Queensland average, with 56.1% of the workforce employed full-time.
40.5% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.5%
- 2016: 45.8%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.1% ▲ +14.8%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.9%
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 56.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is spread across several sectors, with the largest shares in health care and social assistance at 22.0% and transport and warehousing at 19.5%. Construction, manufacturing, and utilities each employ around 12% to 15% of workers.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Manual roles are common in Braemore, as labourers and machinery operators make up over half the workforce. Managers and community service workers each account for 12.2% of the local jobs.
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 Braemore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30355/braemore/topic/employment