5.5% ▼ -44.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 5.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brooloo · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Brooloo
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are in the workforce in Brooloo than in the rest of the state. Only about half of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. This gap is most clear in full-time employment, which is much lower than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 50.8% of adults are working or looking for work, and full-time employment is far below the national figure at 46.7%. While this is much lower than most areas, the unemployment rate of 5.5% is about the same as the state and national figures.
50.8% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.7%
- 2016: 49.8%
- 2021: 50.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.7% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.0%
- 2016: 50.7%
- 2021: 46.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industry for local workers is health care and social assistance at 16.4%, followed by retail trade at 11.2% and manufacturing at 10.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common occupation at 16.4%, while community and personal service workers make up 15.8% of the 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 Brooloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30391/brooloo/topic/employment