3.3% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Holbrook · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Holbrook
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Holbrook, where 14.8% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The town has seen a sharp decline in the proportion of adults working or looking for work, which dropped 22 points since 2011. This shift has left the local employment rate far below national and state figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 41.8% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average of 61.1%. Full-time employment has also fallen 10 points since 2011 to 53.7%, though the unemployment rate is a little below the national figure at 3.3%.
41.8% ▼ -34.2%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 63.5%
- 2016: 63.9%
- 2021: 41.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.7% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 64.1%
- 2016: 60.1%
- 2021: 53.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is led by health care and social assistance at 14.8%, followed by retail trade at 11.2% and public administration and safety at 10%. Other significant employers include construction at 8.9% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 8.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest occupational group at 16.9%. This is followed by labourers at 15.8%, community and personal service workers at 13.7%, and machinery operators and drivers at 12.1%.
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 Holbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115082/holbrook/topic/employment