3.1% ▲ +10.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brigadoon · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Brigadoon
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment rates in Brigadoon have remained strong, with 70.8% of adults working or looking for work. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%. The area's workforce is primarily driven by a high proportion of full-time roles and a low unemployment rate.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Much more than most areas, 70.8% of adults here are working or looking for work, which is nearly 10 points higher than the Australian average. This is supported by a low unemployment rate of 3.1%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
70.8% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.9%
- 2016: 65.6%
- 2021: 70.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.1% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.1%
- 2016: 56.6%
- 2021: 61.1%
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 at 10.8%, followed closely by construction at 10.3% and mining at 9.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is led by professionals at 18.8%, while technicians and trades (18.3%) and managers (18.0%) make up similarly large shares of the local jobs.
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 Brigadoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50181/brigadoon/topic/employment