5.5% ▼ -39.9%
Higher than 72% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 5.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brisbane · Urban Area
Jobs & Industry in Brisbane
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 Brisbane, with 15.4% of the workforce in this sector. This is a productive area where 65% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that has risen by 13 points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults are working or looking for work here than in most areas, sitting well above the national figure at 65%. While the unemployment rate is 5.5%, this is a notable improvement from 2011 when it was 9.1%.
65.0% ▲ +25.4%
Higher than 88% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 51.8%
- 2016: 50.8%
- 2021: 65.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.1% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 69% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 59.0%
- 2021: 60.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is led by health care and social assistance at 15.4%, followed by education and training and retail trade, which both employ 9% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in four workers is a professional, making it the most common occupation. Other frequent roles include clerical and administrative staff at 13.6% and managers at 12.6%.
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 Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3002/brisbane/topic/employment