7.0% ▲ +21.7%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 7.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brookton · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Brookton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Brookton (L) compared to the rest of the state. Only 42.3% of adults are in the labour force, a figure that has dropped 26 percentage points since 2011. This trend is matched by a rise in the unemployment rate to 7.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 50.6%, falling 9.0 percentage points since 2011. This contributed to an unemployment rate of 7.0%, which is a little above both the state and national figures.
42.3% ▼ -37.9%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 68.2%
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.6% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 53.4%
- 2021: 50.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Education and training is the most common industry for local workers at 15.9%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 14.1%. Health care and social assistance also employ a significant 12.9% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 24.7%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 17.6% and machinery operators and drivers at 14.1%.
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 Brookton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521008/brookton/topic/employment