3.8% ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brighton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Brighton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A strong employment rate defines daily life in Brighton, where 66.1% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%, with a high proportion of residents in steady, full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The area has a high workforce participation rate, which is well above the Queensland figure. Unemployment is low at 3.8%, which is a little below both the state and national rates.
66.1% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.2%
- 2016: 65.0%
- 2021: 66.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.0% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 64.3%
- 2021: 60.0%
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 here, employing 15.6% of the workforce, followed by education and training at 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 25.1%, while managers and clerical workers each make up about 14% 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 Brighton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30373/brighton/topic/employment