0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brightly · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Brightly
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Very high employment levels define Brightly, where a huge 76.6% of adults are working or looking for work. This is far above the national figure of 61.1%, with the area showing a remarkably strong job market.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Almost everyone who wants a job has one, with an unemployment rate of 0.0%, which is well below the 5.1% national average. Full-time employment is also very common at 75.8%, far above the Queensland figure of 59.0%.
76.6% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 72.1%
- 2021: 76.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
75.8% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 69.0%
- 2021: 75.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is heavily concentrated in primary industries, with 39.4% working in agriculture, forestry and fishing and 27.3% in mining. Retail trade and education and training each account for 15.2% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 42.4%, followed by clerical and administrative staff at 18.2%. Other common roles include labourers (12.1%), technicians and trades (9.1%), and machinery operators (9.1%).
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 Brightly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30372/brightly/topic/employment