3.5% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brighton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Brighton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A strong employment rate defines daily life in Brighton, where 69% of adults are working or looking for work. This is far above the Tasmanian figure of 58.2%. Most people here have steady work, with full-time employment being much more common than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working life is stable here, as 61.2% of people are employed full-time, which is well above the state average. The unemployment rate is 3.5%, which is a little below both the national and state figures.
69.0% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.1%
- 2016: 65.2%
- 2021: 69.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.2% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.2%
- 2016: 61.4%
- 2021: 61.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 16.9%, followed by construction at 13.7%. Retail trade and manufacturing also employ a significant portion of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are technicians and trades, making up 18.3% of workers. Clerical roles and community and personal service jobs also represent large shares 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 Brighton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60075/brighton/topic/employment