2.9% ▼ -49.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 2.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brandon · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Brandon
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment is much higher in Brandon than in most similar areas, with 66.2% of the workforce in these roles. This creates a stable job market where the proportion of full-time workers is well above the national figure of 58.9%. Most of these roles are concentrated in agriculture and manufacturing.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While about 62.3% of adults are working or looking for work, the unemployment rate is a little below the national figure at 2.9%.
62.3% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.3%
- 2016: 63.8%
- 2021: 62.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.2% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.1%
- 2016: 65.2%
- 2021: 66.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer at 17.9%, followed by manufacturing at 14.6% and retail trade at 9.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are managers at 16.8% and machinery operators and drivers at 16.6%, with labourers making up 15.1% 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 Brandon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30359/brandon/topic/employment