2.4% ▼ -59.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 2.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brooklands · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Brooklands
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Brooklands than in most other areas, at just 45.7%. While the workforce is small, it is remarkably steady, with a very low unemployment rate of 2.4% that sits well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below the Queensland figure by 16 percentage points. Among those who are employed, 58.4% work full-time, which is about the same as the typical Australian.
45.7% ▼ -26.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.7%
- 2016: 51.0%
- 2021: 45.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.4% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 72.2%
- 2021: 58.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main employer for 30.4% of the workforce, followed by health care and social assistance at 17.6%. Other common industries include education and training, construction, and retail trade.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 27.2%, followed by labourers at 20%. Other roles include community and personal service workers, machinery operators and drivers, and professionals.
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 Brooklands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30388/brooklands/topic/employment