14.0% ▲ +62.1%
Higher than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 14.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Northern Peninsula Area · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Northern Peninsula Area
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 the Northern Peninsula Area, where 24.1% of workers are in this field. While full-time work is more common here than in most of the country, the area faces a significant challenge with a high unemployment rate of 14.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 53.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Unemployment is among the highest for similar areas at 14.0%, a rate that rose 5.4 percentage points since 2011.
53.7% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 56.1%
- 2016: 56.8%
- 2021: 53.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.2% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 70.2%
- 2016: 67.9%
- 2021: 64.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is concentrated in services, with health care and social assistance leading at 24.1%. Other major employers include public administration and safety at 16.8% and education and training at 16.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service roles are the most common occupation at 20.0%. Professionals make up 17.6% of the workforce, followed by clerical and administrative staff at 13.1%.
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 Northern Peninsula Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA35780/northern-peninsula-area/topic/employment