10.0% ▲ +406.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 10.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brookstead · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Brookstead
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment is much higher in Brookstead than in most similar areas, with 67.5% of the workforce in permanent roles. While more people are in full-time work, the area also faces a significant challenge with an unemployment rate of 10.0%, which is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.2% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure roughly the same as the Queensland and national averages. However, the unemployment rate here is among the highest for its level, sitting 4.9 points above the Australian average.
61.2% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.6%
- 2016: 68.9%
- 2021: 61.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.5% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.1%
- 2016: 72.7%
- 2021: 67.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry, employing 53.0% of the workforce. Other common sectors include education and training at 12.0% and construction at 8.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 37.3%. Machinery operators and drivers are also common at 18.1%, followed by labourers at 14.5%.
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 Brookstead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30389/brookstead/topic/employment