2.3% ▼ -44.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 2.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Broughton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Broughton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A full-time employment rate of 66.9% is well above the national figure in Broughton, marking it as a place where most workers have steady, permanent roles. This strong employment trend is reflected in an unemployment rate of 2.3%, which is much lower than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 59.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little below the Queensland figure, those who are employed are more likely to be in full-time roles than the state average.
59.9% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.1%
- 2016: 56.2%
- 2021: 59.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.9% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.5%
- 2016: 60.9%
- 2021: 66.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the most common industry for locals at 14.6%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.2% and health care and social assistance at 11.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is led by managers and technicians and trades, who each make up 18.2% of jobs, while labourers account for 13.1%.
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 Broughton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30393/broughton/topic/employment