3.0% ▼ -43.2%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Westbrook · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Westbrook
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults in Westbrook have been working or looking for work since 2011, with this rate rising by 8.6 percentage points. The area is now a place of high employment, where 76.8% of adults are in the workforce and the unemployment rate is a very low 3.0%. This stands well above the national and state figures for workforce participation.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is much higher than most areas at 63.0%, which is well above the Queensland figure of 59.0%. While this has fallen slightly by 2.5 percentage points since 2011, the local unemployment rate has also dropped to a low 3.0%.
76.8% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 68.2%
- 2016: 74.9%
- 2021: 76.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.0% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 65.4%
- 2016: 64.5%
- 2021: 63.0%
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 15.8%, followed by education and training at 11.5%. Construction and retail trade also make up significant shares of the local workforce at 9.9% and 9.6% respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group of residents at 17.6%, followed by professionals at 16.5%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative positions at 14.4% and community and personal service workers at 11.8%.
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 Westbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315099/westbrook/topic/employment