2.2% ▼ -38.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 2.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
North Brighton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in North Brighton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in North Brighton compared to the rest of the state. While the local unemployment rate is very low at 2.2%, only 52.4% of adults are in the workforce, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.1% of residents are employed full-time, a figure well below both South Australia and Australia. This low workforce participation is paired with a very low unemployment rate of 2.2%, which is much lower than most other areas.
52.4% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.9%
- 2016: 55.5%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.1% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.6%
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here, employing 17.5% of the workforce. Education and training also feature strongly at 14.9%, followed by construction and retail trade at 8.3% each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 31.1%, followed by managers at 15.9%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative staff at 12.8% and community and personal service workers at 11.9%.
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 North Brighton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41041/north-brighton/topic/employment