3.4% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brookwater · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Brookwater
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more people are working or looking for work in Brookwater than in most similar areas. This is a highly employed community where 79% of adults are in the labour force, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. Most residents hold stable, full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The employment rate is very high here, with 65% of people working full-time, which is well above the Queensland figure of 59%. This strong workforce is reflected in an unemployment rate of 3.4%, which is a little below the national figure.
79.0% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 79.8%
- 2016: 79.9%
- 2021: 79.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.0% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.2%
- 2016: 66.5%
- 2021: 65.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 17%, followed by education and training at 9.5% and public administration and safety at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common, making up 28.7% of jobs, while managers account for another 21% 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 Brookwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30390/brookwater/topic/employment