3.1% ▼ -66.0%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brooms Head · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Brooms Head
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than half of adults in Brooms Head are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average. While employment levels have climbed since 2011, the area remains distinct from the rest of the country in its workforce patterns. The unemployment rate is notably low at just 3.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 45.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the New South Wales figure. Full-time employment is also well below the state average at 48.9%, though this has risen by 5.5 percentage points since 2011.
45.1% ▲ +16.2%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.8%
- 2016: 53.6%
- 2021: 45.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.9% ▲ +12.8%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 43.3%
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 48.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 15.9%, followed by construction at 13.6% and accommodation and food services at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation at 35.2%, while 17.0% of workers are in community and personal service roles and 14.8% are managers.
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 Brooms Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122027/brooms-head/topic/employment