5.6% ▼ -23.0%
Higher than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 5.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Braddon (Mersey) · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Braddon (Mersey)
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Braddon (Mersey), where 16.2% of workers are in this field. The area has a smaller proportion of adults working or looking for work than most similar places, with only 54.9% of the adult population in the workforce.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. While the unemployment rate has fallen to 5.6% since 2011, full-time employment also dropped by 2.7 points over that decade to 55.2%.
54.9% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 55.2%
- 2016: 53.2%
- 2021: 54.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.2% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 57.9%
- 2016: 55.5%
- 2021: 55.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade employs 11% of the local workforce, followed by construction at 9.5%. Other common industries include education and training (8.1%) and manufacturing (7.8%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 15.5%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers (14.7%), labourers (14.3%), and professionals (14.3%).
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 Braddon (Mersey) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED60207/braddon/topic/employment