4.7% ▲ +100.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brown Range · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Brown Range
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is very common in Brown Range, where 72.4% of the workforce holds a full-time role. This is far above the national figure of 58.9%. While most adults are employed, the area's unemployment rate of 4.7% is higher than in most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61% of adults are working or looking for work, which is roughly the same as the Australian average. However, those who do have jobs are much more likely to be employed full-time compared to the rest of Western Australia.
61.0% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.3%
- 2016: 55.3%
- 2021: 61.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
72.4% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.0%
- 2016: 71.6%
- 2021: 72.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is diverse, with 20.7% of people working in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Mining, accommodation and food, and education and training each make up 13.8% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 25.9%, followed by labourers at 20.7%. Technicians and trades workers make up 15.5% of the local 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 Brown Range [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50195/brown-range/topic/employment