0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brush Creek · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Brush Creek compared to the rest of the country. This small community shows a very strong employment drive, with 75.8% of adults in the labour force and no one currently unemployed.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well above the national figure at 64.0%. This high level of activity is reflected in an unemployment rate of 0.0%, which is well below both the Queensland and Australian figures.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
75.8% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.0% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 44.0% of the workforce. Health care and social assistance follows at 16.0%, with education and training accounting for 12.0%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 24.0%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers (20.0%), as well as technicians, trades, and labourers who each make up 16.0% of the workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Brush Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30397/brush-creek/topic/employment