4.4% ▲ +4.6%
Lower than 65% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bragg · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Bragg
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A little fewer people work full-time in Bragg compared to the national figure. Around 60.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as South Australia and Australia. The local job market is quite stable, with an unemployment rate of 4.4% that has barely changed over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 56.1% of the workforce is employed full-time, which is a little below the national figure and down 2.8 points since 2011. This is consistent with a general drop in the number of adults working or looking for work, which fell 3.1 points in that time.
60.5% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 63.5%
- 2016: 61.5%
- 2021: 60.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.1% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 58.9%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 56.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer here, making up 19.6% of jobs. Other common industries include professional and technical services at 14% and education and training at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are very common in Bragg, accounting for 40.8% of occupations. Managers make up another 17.5% of the workforce, while clerical and administrative roles account for 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 Bragg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40004/bragg/topic/employment