Alice Springs · Council (LGA)

Jobs & Industry in Alice Springs

Name: Jobs & Industry in Alice Springs — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Full-time employment in Alice Springs has dipped by 1.7 percentage points since 2011, though the area remains a strong hub for work. Nearly 70% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure. This high level of activity is paired with an unemployment rate of 3.5% that is much lower than most areas.

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📍 Alice Springs, Council (LGA)

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

About 71.3% of the workforce is employed full-time, a figure far above the Australian average. This strength is reflected in the 69.3% of adults working or looking for work, which is well above both the state and national figures.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Alice Springs at 22.5%, followed by public administration and safety at 17.4%. Education and training also play a large role, employing 9.4% of the workforce.

Industries people work in

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No single group dominates in Alice Springs — Health care & social assistance leads at 23%, ahead of Public administration & safety (18%) and Education & training (10%).

Health care & social assistance 22.5% Public administration & safety 17.4% Education & training 9.4% Retail trade 7.6% Construction 7.2% Accommodation & food 5.8% Professional & technical 5.1% Other services 4.6% Transport & warehousing 3.5% Administrative & support 2.5%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 25.4%. Community and personal service workers follow at 17.6%, while clerical and administrative roles account for 12.7% of jobs.

Occupations people work in

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In Alice Springs, the largest group is Professionals at 26%, followed by Community & personal service (18%) and Clerical & administrative (13%).

Professionals 25.4% Community & personal service 17.6% Clerical & administrative 12.7% Technicians & trades 12.6% Managers 12.3% Labourers 7.1% Sales workers 6.2% Machinery operators & drivers 3.6%

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 Alice Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA70200/alice-springs/topic/employment

Alice Springs	3.5%
Rest of NT	8.9%
Northern Territory	5.6%
Australia	5.1%

Where Alice Springs sits — Unemployment rate