Darwin · Council (LGA)

Jobs & Industry in Darwin

Name: Jobs & Industry in Darwin — 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.

Over 70% of adults in Darwin are working or looking for work, which is well above the national and territory figures. The city is a major employment hub where full-time roles are far more common than in most other Australian areas. This creates a workforce that is more active and steady than the typical Australian community.

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📍 Darwin, Council (LGA)

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

About 70.1% of adults are in the workforce, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011 and sits well above the national rate of 61.1%. While the unemployment rate of 4.1% is a little below the national average, full-time employment fell by 4.2 points over the last decade to 67.6%.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Public administration and safety is the biggest employer in Darwin at 18.0%. Other major sectors include health care and social assistance at 16.1%, followed by accommodation and food services at 9.1%.

Industries people work in

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Darwin splits fairly evenly between Public administration & safety (19%) and Health care & social assistance (17%), with Accommodation & food at 9%.

Public administration & safety 18.0% Health care & social assistance 16.1% Accommodation & food 9.1% Education & training 8.9% Retail trade 7.1% Construction 6.8% Professional & technical 6.5% Transport & warehousing 4.2% Other services 3.6% Administrative & support 3.1%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 26.2%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 14.4%, managers at 13.4%, and clerical or administrative staff at 13.1%.

Occupations people work in

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In Darwin, the largest group is Professionals at 27%, followed by Community & personal service (15%) and Managers (14%).

Professionals 26.2% Community & personal service 14.4% Managers 13.4% Clerical & administrative 13.1% Technicians & trades 12.3% Labourers 7.6% Sales workers 6.8% Machinery operators & drivers 4.3%

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 Darwin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA71000/darwin/topic/employment

Darwin	4.1%
Greater Darwin	4.0%
Northern Territory	5.6%
Australia	5.1%

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