5.6% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bruce · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bruce
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 Bruce than in most other areas. While 73.8% of adults are in the labour force, the unemployment rate is 5.6%, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The percentage of adults working or looking for work is 73.8%, which is well above the ACT figure and far above the national average. However, 58.4% of people work full-time, which is well below the ACT's 65.8%.
73.8% ▲ +18.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.2%
- 2016: 64.3%
- 2021: 73.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.4% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.9%
- 2016: 61.8%
- 2021: 58.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Public administration and safety is the most common industry for workers here at 23.5%. Other major sectors include health care and social assistance at 11.9% and professional and technical services at 11.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 33%, followed by community and personal service workers at 14.9% and managers at 13.6%.
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 Bruce [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80028/bruce/topic/employment